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4 Sep 2011, 7:12 am by Gilles Cuniberti
I am grateful to the author for providing me with the following abstract: A decade after the dismissal of their claim by US courts for forum non conveniens and the victims’ return to Ecuador, a new act of the Chevron (Texaco) drama began when the local court gave judgment in early 2011 against the multinational for its role in the environmental pollution in the Amazon forest region and its harmful consequences for the health of its indigenous population. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 9:56 pm by Julian Ku
An arbitration tribunal at The International Court of Justice at The Hague ordered the government of Ecuador to pay Chevron and its current subsidiary Texaco $96 million for “undue delays” of 15 years in ruling on seven commercial disputes in the early 1990s. [read post]
27 Aug 2011, 11:38 am by Derk A. Wadas
wadaslawoffice.com 972 562 7549 The client drove his car into a Texaco station (literally) after sideswiping another car on Central Expressway. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 4:00 am by Ted Folkman
Those of you who are following the Lago Agrio litigation will know that when the Ecuadorian plaintiffs first sued Texaco, they sued in the United States, and Texaco persuaded the court to dismiss the case on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing for the adequacy of the Ecuadorian courts as a forum. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 8:31 am by Devin McDougall
After adding Newtown Creek to Superfund’s National Priorities List last September, EPA announced earlier this month that it has reached an agreement with six potentially responsible parties (Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation, Texaco, BP Products North America, National Grid NY, ExxonMobil and the City of New York) to conduct a remedial investigation of Newtown Creek (RI) and produce a feasibility study evaluating cleanup options (FS). [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 3:32 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
The plaintiffs then refiled the suit in Ecuador, and a court there entered a multi-billion dollar judgment against Chevron Corporation, which had merged with Texaco. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 11:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
The first requires Chevron to install a centralized monitoring system at approximately 155 Chevron owned, "Texaco" branded service stations containing underground storage tanks by March 31, 2013. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 6:58 am by Glenn Reynolds
Standard Oil did OK, but filling your tank with Gulf or Texaco gas didn’t enrich the Rockefellers. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 9:48 am by Andrew Spillane
That insurance regulation rests primarily with the fifty states has become axiomatic and even cliché. [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 3:30 am
The only reason it wound up in Ecuador was that Chevron/Texaco argued vociferously that Ecuador, rather than New York, was the appropriate forum. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 9:59 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Julien Cantegreil, The Audacity of the Texaco/Calasiatic Award: René-Jean Dupuy and the Internationalization of Foreign Investment Law ArticleSteven R. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 1:47 pm by Eugene Volokh
Texaco — $7.53 billion in compensatory damages and $3 billion in punitive damages, eventually settled for $3 billion.) [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 11:51 am by Dionne Searcey
Chevron, which inherited the litigation in 2001 when it acquired Texaco, denies the accusations. [read post]
31 May 2011, 5:52 am by Federal and Extradition Defense
(Texaco), which merged with Chevron in 2001, contaminated the area and caused significant health problems for its residents. [read post]
26 May 2011, 12:15 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
"   For nearly 25 years, beginning in 1964, Texaco and its joint venture partner Petroecuador dumped nearly 16 billion gallons of oil waste products into the Amazon rainforest. [read post]
25 May 2011, 3:15 pm by Chad Bray
The record $18.2 billion judgment is being appealed in Ecuador and relates to alleged oil damage in Ecuador’s rainforest by Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001. [read post]
18 May 2011, 3:20 pm by Mark Bennett
Texaco), and I had no reason to think that the father wouldn’t comply, so I went to court for the man. [read post]