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Lago Agrio: ICC Prosecutor Rejects LAPs’ Complaint
In October 2014 I noted a complaint the LAPs submitted to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asking her to begin an investigation with an eye toward bringing charges against Chevron. As I noted at the time, “It would be very surprising to me if the LAPs’ claims have merit.”
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MCSquared’s FARA Problem: Not Very Interesting
When MCSQuared’s failure to register under FARA became known last year, I fired off a FOIA request to try to obtain correspondence between the government and MCSquared on the issue.
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Mia Farrow, Meet Annie Oakley!
Readers, you know I have been following the story of celebrities brought to Ecuador to participate in the “Dirty Hand of Chevron” campaign for a while. Celebrities such as Mia Farrow actually traveled to Ecuador and had their photos taken with sticky black goo on their hands. Something about this story was jogging my memory—where……
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Case of the Day: Folex Golf v. O-TA Precision Industries
The case of the day is Folex Golf Industries, Inc. v. O-TA Precision Industries Co. (9th Cir. 2015). Folex broght an action against O-TA in the Cenral District of California. O-TA argued that a Chinese default judgment against Folex, in an action against Folex brought by the Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, would have collateral……
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Ghostwriting the Lago Agrio Judgment: The New Forensic Evidence
The indefatigable Doug Cassel is back with a pro-Chevron look at Ecuador’s forensic evidence regarding the judgment ghostwriting allegation in the Lago Agrio case. It’s fair to say the evidence is equivocal—both sides have a case to make. Here is Ecuador’s new brief addressing Chevron’s arguments: I hope to have an Ecuador advocate give Letters……