Comments on: Lago Agrio: The New Arbitral Award https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: L. Conrad https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/#comment-1449 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:44:45 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=16207#comment-1449 The Ecuadorean litigation was commenced under Environmental Protection Act of 1999. It becomes a matter of Ecuadorean statutory interpretation as it applies to the wording of the BIT partial award.

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/#comment-1448 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:45:47 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=16207#comment-1448 In reply to L. Conrad.

Thanks, L. Conrad. here it is.

]]> By: L. Conrad https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/#comment-1447 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:50:04 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=16207#comment-1447 Yesterday, in a Notice of Relevant Authority filing, Chevron put the partial arbitration award before the court. Doc 1444, 11-cv-691 (S.D.N.Y.)

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/#comment-1446 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:27:14 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=16207#comment-1446 In reply to L. Conrad.

Thanks, L. Conrad. I think that’s precisely what will turn out to be the next point of dispute: were the claims purely collective? I think there is a fair amount of internal evidence (internal to the Ecuadoran judgment, I mean) that supports Chevron’s view on this, but we haven’t yet heard the position of the LAPs in light of the new partial award. So I think we should stay tuned.

]]> By: L. Conrad https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/19/lago-agrio-new-arbitral-award/#comment-1445 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:29:00 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=16207#comment-1445 This is from Professor Cassel’s Reply of April 10, 2012, Defrauding Chevron in Ecuador:

In 2003 plaintiffs’ Legal Team sued Chevron (but not the State oil company) in Ecuador. Unlike the New York litigation, their Ecuador suit does not assert or prove individual claims of harm, but only collective claims to environmental redress.

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