January 14, 2013
The New York federal judge hearing Chevron Corp.'s racketeering suit over a $19.2 billion pollution judgment for a group of indigenous Ecuadoreans on Monday rejected a bid by another indigenous group to intervene over worries that their interests were not being represented.
January 10, 2013
Litigation investment giant Burford Capital accused the representatives of the Ecuadoreans in a protracted environmental cleanup battle with Chevron Corp. of making fraudulent misrepresentations to obtain its funding for their case, according to court documents Chevron filed Monday.
January 08, 2013
The New York federal judge hearing Chevron Corp.'s racketeering suit over a $19.2 billion pollution judgment rejected a bid Monday by the Ecuadorean plaintiffs for appellate review of a recent ruling on third-party fraud claims, dismissing it as an "academic exercise."
December 05, 2012
The Ecuadorean plaintiffs in Chevron Corp.'s New York racketeering suit over a $19 billion pollution judgment sought appellate review of a recent ruling on third-party fraud claims Tuesday, a move the company calls a delay tactic as trial nears.
November 07, 2012
Ecuadorean pollution claimants scored a ruling from an Argentinian judge Wednesday embargoing Chevron Corp.'s assets in that country, part of a suit they launched to try to enforce a $19 billion judgment against the company they won last year, their spokeswoman said.
October 18, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday set an Oct. 15, 2013, trial date for Chevron Corp.'s racketeering suit alleging an attorney for pollution claimants in Ecuador led a global extortion campaign to win a $19.2 billion Ecuadorean court judgment against the oil giant.
August 24, 2012
A New York federal judge on Friday refused Patton Boggs LLP's bid to quash Chevron Corp.'s subpoena in a racketeering suit in which it claims a $19.2 billion pollution judgment against it in Ecuador was fraudulent, rejecting the firm's protests that the subpoena would require it to disclose privileged information.
July 31, 2012
A New York federal judge on Tuesday declined to find that an Ecuadorean court's $19.2 billion pollution-related judgment against Chevron Corp. is unenforceable, saying evidence of fraud surrounding the penalty is alarming but not necessarily relevant or beyond dispute.
May 25, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday further trimmed Chevron Corp.'s suit over an alleged extortion campaign that led to an $18 billion environmental judgment in Ecuadorean court, throwing out multiple claims against environmental consultant Stratus Consulting Inc. while keeping in racketeering and extortion claims.
May 14, 2012
A New York federal judge on Monday trimmed Chevron Corp.'s racketeering suit accusing the lawyer for Ecuadorean claimants embroiled in an Amazon rain forest pollution dispute with the company of conspiring to wage a global extortion campaign against Chevron.