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Chevron Star "Witness" Worked On Fraudulent Remediation In Ecuador

Posted: Dec 19, 2012 – 02:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /CSRwire/ - Chevrons new star in Ecuador, Fernando Reyes, worked for the oil giant on its fraudulent remediation in the mid-1990s and later lied in his affidavit, according to blog by the rainforest communities who won a $19.04 billion judgment...

Chevron Witness Faces Defamation Lawsuit In Ecuador for Lying In Sworn Affidavit, Lawyers Say

Posted: Dec 15, 2012 – 05:44 PM EST

QUITO, Ecuador, Dec. 15 /CSRwire/ - An oil industry that Chevron unveiled this week will face a defamation lawsuit in Ecuador for lying in a sworn affidavit and for participating in the companys fraudulent remediation to evade a $19 billion liability, say representatives...

Chevron Trying to Block Release of Documents Related to Its Corruption in Ecuador, Records Show

Posted: Dec 14, 2012 – 10:45 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /CSRwire/ - As part of his ongoing campaign to mislead shareholders, Chevron CEO John Watson is engaged in a wide-ranging litigation strategy to use courts to block the release of internal company documents that would shed light on the oil...

Dancing Deer Baking Company Becomes One of Massachusetts’ First Benefit Corporations

Posted: Dec 05, 2012 – 09:59 AM EST

BOSTON, Dec. 05 /CSRwire/ - Dancing Deer Baking Company joined Senator Brian A. Joyce, members of the Massachusetts House and Senate, the non-profit B Lab and business owners from around the Commonwealth on December 3, 2012 to mark the first official day companies...

Chevron Stock Down Because of $19 Billion Ecuador Judgment, Analyst Concludes

Posted: Dec 04, 2012 – 02:25 PM EST

NEW YORK, Dec. 04 /CSRwire/ - Chevron's stock price is down because of the company's failure to properly contain the fallout from its $19 billion Ecuador liability, a blog post on The Chevron Pit reports today. The Chevron Pit reports that an analyst,...

Confronted Publicly, Chevron CEO John Watson Misleads Shareholders Over $19 Billion Ecuador Liability

Posted: Nov 30, 2012 – 01:21 PM EST

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /CSRwire/ - Confronted publicly about a $19 billion Ecuador liability for causing environmental damage, Chevron CEO John Watson continued an increasingly personal campaign to mislead shareholders and hide his personal conflicts of interest over the case, representatives of the...

Chevron Threatens to Shut Down Argentina Operations Over Ecuador Lawsuit

Posted: Nov 20, 2012 – 03:24 PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 20 /CSRwire/ - In a clear effort to apply political pressure to judges, Chevron is threatening to bankrupt the companys subsidiaries in Argentina unless an asset freeze order issued against $2 billion of the oil giants assets is lifted,...

Argentina Freeze Order Devastating for Chevron, Gibson Dunn

Posted: Nov 19, 2012 – 01:39 PM EST

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /CSRwire/ - A court order freezing Chevron assets in Argentina represents yet another devastating setback for the oil giant and its lead American law firm Gibson, Dunn Crutcher, according to a new blog posted on The Chevron Pit. The...

Chevron Trying to Shield Assets From $19 Billion Ecuador Judgment

Posted: Nov 13, 2012 – 11:05 AM EST

QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 13 /CSRwire/ - Chevron is now trying to evade paying the historic $19 billion judgment in Ecuador by claiming assets in its 73 subsidiaries around the world should be shielded from collection actions, according to The Chevron Pit blog posted...

Argentine Judge Slaps Embargo On $19 Billion in Chevron Assets

Posted: Nov 07, 2012 – 07:10 PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 07 /CSRwire/ - In a major blow to Chevrons effort to avoid paying a historic $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, an Argentine judge today signed the first of what is expected to be many orders freezing billions of dollars...