Knowing what I know about Chevron in Ecuador, I can’t wrap my head around Chevron as victim, but you are right that one of Gibson Dunn’s clients may be harmed. Obviously the question is which one? And, the 2nd Circuit may (may not) give us some insights into that answer Friday during the hearing or in its final ruling. This is why we are alerting reporters. For the Ecuadorians and others of us who have been called “criminals” and “liars” ad nauseam by Randy Mastro and his herd of lawyers at Gibson Dunn, we observe with less glee and more disdain that another herd of lawyers at the OK Corral is using our argument to defend their client. For lawyers, this may be just another day back at the ranch. But, for us non-lawyers involved in the Chevron/Ecuador legal fight, it’s one more example of how the U.S. legal system has failed the real victims of Chevron’s acts, the Ecuadorians. (Others? Sending the case to Ecuador and then bouncing it back to the US; not being allowed to testify about the contamination to defend charges of lying about the contamination.) Maybe that’s PR to you. For us, it’s an opportunity to tell our story — the story that never got told in Judge Kaplan’s court.

Could be!

Anyway, this is just a PR issue for your side, right? I mean, if anyone has actually been prejudiced it is Chevron or Gibson Dunn’s other client.