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26 May 2011, 6:54 am by Gabe Johnson-Karp
”  The human plaintiffs in the lawsuit (questions of standing, anyone?) [read post]
26 May 2011, 2:20 am by Maxwell Kennerly
Consider today’s Legal Intelligencer reporting on the Third Circuit reversing an order permitting the deposition of Joseph Kohn in the Ecuadorian oil pollution cases:  U.S. [read post]
25 May 2011, 3:49 pm by Tom Casagrande
May 25, 2011), and the initial communications at issue were made in the presence of filmmakers who were—at the behest of the plaintiffs’ lawyers—shooting a movie of a notorious Ecuadorian environmental case against Chevron (while the case was going on). [read post]
16 May 2011, 4:00 am by Ted Folkman
Chevron sought discovery from two of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ experts. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 11:49 am by Mark Murakami
From the opinion: Plaintiffs are Ecuadorian crew members of a fishing boat. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 10:03 am by Mike Scarcella
"As the court found, in bringing these claims, 'Patton Boggs misunderstands the law.'" Patton Boggs partner James Tyrrell, Jr. managing partner of the firm's New York and New Jersey offices, said in a statement this evening: “We are disappointed with the Court’s conclusion that Chevron’s threat to disqualify Patton Boggs from its representation of the Ecuadorian plaintiffs is not ripe for judicial resolution in the District of Columbia. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 4:00 am by Ted Folkman
Ecuador and the Lago Agrio plaintiffs intervened in the case. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 3:25 am by Ted Folkman
 According to the District Court’s decision, here are the facts: The plaintiffs, Sanlian and Pinghu, were Chinese firms doing business in Hubei Province. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 3:57 pm by Ashby Jones
Both Chevron and the Ecuadorian plaintiffs appealed the ruling. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 11:01 am by Chad Bray
In court papers, Chevron’s lawyers have said that creditors–the Ecuadorian plaintiffs themselves–are the only persons who should be able to participate in proceedings on the enforceability of the Ecuadorean judgment, not Donzinger. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 4:00 am by Ted Folkman
If such an order is issued, and Ecuador enters the Lago Agrio litigation in support of Chevron, it will still be for the Ecuadorian courts to determine the effect (if any) of such developments on the case pending before them. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 10:03 pm by Mike
 In 2001 the New York court dismissed the action for forum non conviens and the plaintiffs subsequently tried again in Ecuadorian court. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 7:04 am by Ted Folkman
Absent a preliminary injunction, Chevron would be forced to defend itself and litigate the enforceability of the Ecuadorian judgment in multiple proceedings. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 8:34 am by Roger Alford
The Ecuador plaintiffs' freedom of mobility to enforce the $9 billion judgment is now sharply curtailed. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 1:05 pm
The injunction blocks [Reuters report] plaintiffs from attempting to secure $8.6 billion in damages from the company, which were awarded [JURIST report] last month by the Provincial Court of Sucumbios after finding that Texaco, which was acquired by... [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 6:22 am by Zoe Tillman
Injunction: Am Law Litigation Daily reports a Manhattan federal district judge has granted a preliminary injunction stopping Ecuadorian plaintiffs from enforcing a $9 billion judgment against Chevron for alleged contamination in a region of the Amazon River basin. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:03 am by Ted Frank
Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a 131-page opinion detailing the corruption of the Ecuadorian judiciary—as well as the plaintiffs' lawyers plans for evading the parts of Ecuadorian law that prohibit excessive attorneys' fees. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 9:01 pm by Ted Folkman
This latest case is of interest, though, because here the shoe is on the other foot: the Republic of Ecuador itself, and the Ecuadorian plaintiffs, rather than Chevron are the parties seeking U.S. discovery. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 6:46 pm by Alison Frankel
The plaintiffs who won the enormous judgment for the oil company's alleged contamination of the Amazon River basis attempted a couple high-risk strategies to avert the injunction. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 11:45 am by Chad Bray
 Chevron has filed a separate racketeering lawsuit against the Ecuadorian plaintiff’s lawyers in the U.S., claiming they’re trying to extort and defraud the company. [read post]