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    Chevron's $1 Billion Bribe Offer to Quash Legal Case Rocks Ecuador Image

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    12-23-11

    Chevron's $1 Billion Bribe Offer to Quash Legal Case Rocks Ecuador

    Chevron is remaining silent in the face of mounting evidence that the company tried to bribe Ecuador's government to quash an $18 billion environmental judgment and that a Chevron official ordered the destruction of documents as part of a broad scheme to duck responsibility for causing extensive ...

    Federal Judge Sanctions Chevron Lawyers at Gibson Dunn for Harassing Witness in Ecuador Case Image

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    12-07-11

    Federal Judge Sanctions Chevron Lawyers at Gibson Dunn for Harassing Witness in Ecuador Case

    Chevron's lead law firm in the $18 billion Ecuador environmental lawsuit, already under scrutiny for trying to mislead Congress, has been scolded and sanctioned by a federal judge for harassing a witness in a disco...

    Chevron, U.S. Chamber, and Prominent Law Firm Attempted to Mislead Congress Through False Testimony About Ecuador Environmental Case Image

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    12-05-11

    Chevron, U.S. Chamber, and Prominent Law Firm Attempted to Mislead Congress Through False Testimony About Ecuador Environmental Case

    Chevron, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a leading partner at the American law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher tried to mislead Congress about the oil giant's $18 billion environmental liability in Ecuador for the dumping of toxic waste and the decimation of indigenous groups, according to a

    Chevron "Dirty Tricks" Operative Diego Borja Could Face Criminal Liability for Obstructing Ecuador Trial, His Lawyer Concedes Image

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    11-01-11

    Chevron "Dirty Tricks" Operative Diego Borja Could Face Criminal Liability for Obstructing Ecuador Trial, His Lawyer Concedes

    Chevron's self-proclaimed "dirty tricks" operative Diego Borja – accused of trying to orchestrate a bribe to an Ecuador judge to undermine the environmental lawsuit against Chevron – could face potential criminal liability in the U.S. for his actions, according to an unusual admission in federal ...

    Chevron Used Secret Lab to Hide Dirty Soil Samples from Ecuador Court, Say Company Documents    Image

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    12-20-00

    Chevron Used Secret Lab to Hide Dirty Soil Samples from Ecuador Court, Say Company Documents

    In an ever more stunning expose of Chevron's fraud before the Ecuador court, a U.S. federal judge has ordered the disclosure of documents that demonstrate Chevron used a secret lab in the United States to hide the existence of dirty soil samples taken from the company's contaminated former well s...

    Chevron Star "Witness" Worked On Fraudulent Remediation In Ecuador Image

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    12-19-00

    Chevron Star "Witness" Worked On Fraudulent Remediation In Ecuador

    Chevron’s new star “witness” 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...

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

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    12-15-00

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

    An oil industry “witness” that Chevron unveiled this week will face a defamation lawsuit in Ecuador for lying in a sworn affidavit and for participating in the company’s fraudulent remediation to evade a $19 billion liability, say representatives of the villagers who brought the lawsuit.

    T...

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

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    12-14-00

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

    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 giant’s fraud and corruption that led to a $19 billion liability in E...

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

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    12-04-00

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

    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.

    Argentine Judge Slaps Embargo On $19 Billion in Chevron Assets Image

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    11-08-00

    Argentine Judge Slaps Embargo On $19 Billion in Chevron Assets

    In a major blow to Chevron’s 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 of assets owned by the U.S. oil company.

    The order, signed by Civil Jud...

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