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Lago Agrio: Doug Cassel on the New Ecuadoran Judgment
Here is Letters Blogatory contributor and Chevron advocate Doug Cassel on the recent Ecudaoran judgment. I comment below the post. To update the late Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois, “$9 billion here, $9 billion there—pretty soon you’re talking real money.” In manipulating their $19 billion Lago Agrio judgment against Chevron (reduced last week to a……
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Case of the Day: Tobar v. United States
The case of the day is Tobar v. United States, 731 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2013). In October 2005, in international waters off the Galapagos Islands, Coast Guard personnel on the USS McClusky, a US Navy frigate, boarded and searched an Ecuadoran fishing boat, the Jostyn, suspected of drug smuggling, and then towed the boat……
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Lago Agrio: New York Update
So let’s get caught up with New York. First, Judge Zambrano’s testimony. You can find summaries from Paul Barrett, Roger Parloff, and Joseph Ax online. Judge Zambrano testified that he, not Judge Guerra, wrote the decision. So as far as direct evidence goes, score one for Donziger and the LAPs. But the cross-examination, according to……
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Lago Agrio: Ecuadoran National Court of Justice Affirms Lago Agrio Judgment In The Main, But Reverses on Punitive Damages
Just a quick note for those who haven’t heard: the National Court of Justice has affirmed the Lago Agrio judgment in part, but reversed on the punitive damage award. The Wall Street Journal has early coverage, and, courtesy of Roger Parloff, I have a copy of the very lengthy opinion. I don’t think it makes……
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Lago Agrio comes to Ontario: Chevron and the $19B judgment
Today we have a guest post from Alejandro Manevich of Heenan Blaikie, who was in court for the first day of argument in the Yaiguaje appeal in Ontario. Alejandro, one of the editors of the new Standardless Review blog (where this is cross-posted), gives a great blow-by-blow of the argument. Long-time readers will know that……