May 22, 2013
A New York federal judge Tuesday ordered a Patton Boggs LLP partner to give a deposition in a dispute over a $19.2 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. and refused to limit it to subjects related to documents he ordered the firm to turn over.
May 14, 2013
The New York federal judge overseeing a racketeering suit related to a $19.2 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. on Tuesday upheld a magistrate's ruling that the company's CEO and general counsel must give depositions, saying there was no legal reason to overturn the decision.
May 07, 2013
A New York judge on Tuesday rejected Chevron Corp.'s attempts to shield the company's CEO and general counsel from deposition in its fight over a $19 billion pollution judgment, saying the approaching discovery deadline and the stakes of the suit justified requiring their testimony.
April 16, 2013
A New York magistrate judge delivered another blow to Ecuadorean plaintiffs accused of racketeering by Chevron in connection with a $19 billion environmental judgment, recommending Monday that extortion and fraud counterclaims brought by attorney Steven Donziger should be dismissed.
April 09, 2013
The New York judge overseeing Chevron's racketeering suit over a $19 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment dismissed claims between the company and environmental consultant Stratus Consulting Inc. on Monday following a settlement the remaining defendants have derided as an "extraordinary capitulation."
March 27, 2013
The judge overseeing Chevron Corp.'s New York racketeering suit over a $19.2 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment on Tuesday affirmed the designation of special masters, dismissing objections that the move was part of Chevron's attempts to "bleed the Ecuadoreans dry."
March 15, 2013
The judge overseeing a New York racketeering suit related to a $19.2 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. on Friday granted the company's bid to force Patton Boggs LLP to hand over all documents related to the purported fraud underlying that judgment.
March 04, 2013
The judge overseeing Chevron Corp.'s New York racketeering suit over a $19.2 billion pollution judgment for a group of indigenous Ecuadoreans on Friday granted the company's bid to appoint special masters to oversee depositions in the "exceptionally contentious" litigation.
February 04, 2013
Chevron Corp. on Monday moved to strike a trio of key declarations in a New York racketeering suit over a $19.2 billion pollution judgment for a group of indigenous Ecuadoreans, saying the declarants have not been made available for deposition.
January 28, 2013
A former Ecuadorean judge on Monday admitted that he was bribed by a group of indigenous plaintiffs and their lawyers to influence a $19.2 billion pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. that is at the heart of the company's New York racketeering suit.