Ecuador: Chevron Named in $27 Billion Contamination Case

Chevron is facing a $27 billion bill in an environmental contamination case involving dumping of toxic waste into Amazon waterways.  Chevron lawyers and former Ecuadorian offiicials face fraud charges over the...

What Will Be The Outcome of Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador?

Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue.  Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for...

Did Amazon Defense Coalition Violate Terms of Logan Act?

I’m not a lawyer and I don’t play one on television, but it strikes me that leaders of the Amazon Defense Coalition may have violated terms of the Logan Act as they cozied up to leaders of the Ecuadoran...

‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished’ (Part 2 of 2)

“You have a new form of business now for trial lawyers which is that they now go to foreign locations and try to root up and play off plaintiffs under circumstances under which legal systems are less...

‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished’ (Part 1 of 2)

“This case is the ultimate embodiment of ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’” said Charles A. James, executive vice president and chief legal counsel at Chevron Corporation, speaking about the 16-year-old, $27...

Blogger Targeted by ‘Spin’ in $27 Billion Lawsuit

For most of the past three weeks, I’ve been trying to learn as many details as possible about the a $27 billion class-action lawsuit pitting the Amazon Defense Coalition against Chevron.  Only last night,...

Venezuela increase foreign participation in gas project

In a move to confirm the readiness of foreign companies to invest in Venezuela, representatives of Chevron, Gazprom and Eni signed into gas pojects. Oil executives from Qatar, Algeria, Portugal and Japan were also...

Thieves getting creative in filching fuel -New Orleans-Metairie

"by Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune Friday June 13, 2008, 12:54 PM As gasoline thievery goes, the fellow who ripped-off a Texaco station in Metairie was pretty brazen. Owner Sinh Nguyen said the man somehow jimmied the meter on one of the pumps then came inside and paid...

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