April 03, 2012
A New York federal judge freed Chevron Corp. on Monday from a $21.8 million bond linked to a now-overturned injunction on an $18 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment against Chevron, slamming Patton Boggs LLP's attempts to collect on the bond.
February 24, 2012
A New York federal judge on Friday refused to recuse himself from a racketeering suit accusing the lawyer for Ecuadorean claimants in a Chevron Corp. suit over pollution in the Amazon rain forest of conspiring to wage a global extortion campaign against the company.
June 01, 2011
A New York federal judge decided Tuesday to split off Chevron Corp.'s claim that an Ecuadorean court's $18 billion judgment against it for alleged pollution is unenforceable, after earlier deciding to merely bifurcate the claim for expedited discovery and trial.
May 09, 2011
A New York federal judge overseeing Chevron Corp.'s extortion suit against a class of Ecuadoreans that has pursued the company over alleged massive pollution in the Amazon denied a recusal bid Monday, saying the defendants couldn't claim bias simply because they disagreed with him.
April 27, 2011
Ecuadoreans locked in a bitter legal battle with Chevron Corp. over alleged massive pollution in the Amazon rainforest sought on Wednesday to remove the New York federal judge overseeing Chevron's racketeering suit against them.
April 15, 2011
A New York federal judge agreed Friday to separately determine whether an Ecuadorean court's $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. for alleged pollution in the Amazon is enforceable, saying a drawn-out trial on the question could irreparably harm Chevron.
April 06, 2011
A federal judge in New York refused Wednesday to stay a preliminary injunction that halts enforcement of an Ecuadorean court's $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. for alleged pollution and contamination in the Amazon rain forest.
February 15, 2011
A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order barring Ecuadorean plaintiffs in a high-profile lawsuit against Chevron Corp. over pollution in the Amazon rain forest from enforcing a judgment in the case.