Kirk Hartley (LexBlog Ecuador)
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Kudos for “Crude Awakening: Chevron in Ecuador” – Michael Goldhaber’s Insights into the Chevron Trial, in a New Book
The saga involving Chevron/Ecuador oil drilling and litigation is a fascinating and factually intense story of mass tort litigation at its most extreme. The overall events and recent trial have it all – rampant oil production, oil in the ground in places and amounts that should not exist, arguments over what is “pollution,” jockeying between...
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Lessons from Ecuador and Chevron
Michael Goldhaber offers some insightful comments following up on a conference on the Chevron litigation arising from the toxic tort claims it demanded to move to Ecuador. “Be careful what you wish for” is one of the cogent lessons.
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Chevron and Ecuador – The Spin Battle Continues at OpinioJuris
Chevron and Ecuadorian plaintiffs remain entwined in a massive battle of lawyers and spinners. A new installment of the battle has spilled over onto the pages of OpinioJuris – go here and here. For a broad account of plaintiffs’ view, go here. One wishes for a massive, neutral compilation of facts on the litigation. Michael Goldhaber...