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Chevron Trying to Bankrupt U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Who Helped Indigenous Groups Win Historic Judgment In Ecuador

Posted: Sep 12, 2017 – 11:17 AM EST

NEW YORK, Sep. 12 /CSRwire/ - After being caught paying a witness who lied to a U.S. federal court, Chevron is now trying to bankrupt the human rights attorney who helped indigenous groups win a $12 billion environmental judgment against the company for...

Chevron CEO Watson Tarred His Legacy By Using Corrupt Witness and Fumbling Environmental Issues, Lawyers Say

Posted: Aug 30, 2017 – 10:07 AM EST

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /CSRwire/ - Chevrons surprise announcement that CEO John Watson is stepping down was due to massive cost overruns in Australia and his refusal to adequately deal with huge environmental liabilities in Ecuador and California that will tar his own...

Cost of Youth Sports Is Top Stress Point for Parents

Posted: Jul 27, 2017 – 07:43 AM EST

ATLANTA, Jul. 27 /CSRwire/ - FlipGive.com, a cash-back site for youth sports teams that facilitates fundraising through online shopping, released a recent survey that highlights the price that parents are paying to keep their kids in sports programs. The survey, which polled parents...

U.S. Supreme Court Makes “Grave Mistake” in Refusing to Hear Chevron's $12 Billion Pollution Liability in Ecuador

Posted: Jun 19, 2017 – 12:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON D.C., Jun. 19 /CSRwire/ - Ecuadorian indigenous villagers and their lawyer today said the U.S. Supreme Court made a grave mistake in refusing to hear evidence that Chevron committed a massive fraud to evade paying a $12 billion Ecuador pollution judgment. The...

Facing Bribery Charges, Chevron Trying to Mislead U.S. Supreme Court With Fake Facts and Flawed Arguments

Posted: Jun 06, 2017 – 12:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. , Jun. 06 /CSRwire/ - Faced with undisputed proof that it illegally paid huge sums of money to bribe its star witness, Chevron is now trying to mislead the U.S. Supreme Court by using fabricated evidence and flawed legal arguments to...

Chevron CEO Suffers Major Rebuke Over $12 Billion Ecuador Liability At Annual Shareholder Meeting

Posted: Jun 01, 2017 – 02:39 PM EST

MIDLAND, Texas, Jun. 01 /CSRwire/ - Chevron CEO John Watson awakened today following a rollicking shareholder meeting facing the hard reality that the companys huge expenditures to try to kill off the $12 billion Ecuador environmental case have fundamentally failed, with the affected...

Chevron CEO Clings to “Alternative Facts” When Confronted with Truth About Ecuador Mismanagement

Posted: May 31, 2017 – 03:32 PM EST

MIDLAND, Texas, May 31 /CSRwire/ - Chevron CEO John Watson faced a firestorm of criticism over the companys expanding Ecuador liability at the companys annual meeting today from a group of institutional investors, one of whom accused the oil executive of materially mishandling...

Shareholders Criticize Chevron CEO Watson for “Materially Mishandling” $12 Billion Ecuador Environmental Liability

Posted: May 30, 2017 – 12:02 PM EST

MIDLAND, Texas, May 30 /CSRwire/ - Chevrons $12 billion environmental liability to rainforest communities of Ecuador will be front and center at the companys annual meeting tomorrow, with debate slated for three resolutions that challenge CEO John Watsons material mishandling of the historic...

19 Scholars Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Condemn Chevron for Violating International Law In Amazon Pollution Case

Posted: May 10, 2017 – 12:55 PM EST

WASHINGTON D.C., May 10 /CSRwire/ - Nineteen prominent law experts from several of the worlds leading universities are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a highly controversial decision by a federal judge designed to immunize Chevron from a $9.5 billion liability...

Environmental Groups Condemn Chevron Before U.S. Supreme Court for Faking Evidence in Pollution Case

Posted: May 03, 2017 – 03:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 03 /CSRwire/ - Leading civil society groups have submitted two briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court blasting Chevron and its law firm Gibson Dunn Crutcher for falsifying evidence and trying to intimidate environmental activists to help the company evade a...