Letters Blogatory

The Blog of International Judicial Assistance
By Ted Folkman

Tag: Ecuador

  • BREAKING: The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Petition The Second Circuit for a Writ of Mandamus

    An occasional Letters Blogatory correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous, Hal Holbrook to my Robert Redford, has pointed me to a new petition by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs for a writ of mandamus. The gist of the petition is that Judge Kaplan has, in various ways, violated the spirit of the Second Circuit’s mandate in……

  • Lago Agrio: Did The Plaintiffs Buy the Judgment?

    In responding to the Declaration of former Ecuadorian Judge Alberto Guerra—who claims to have taken thousands of dollars from the plaintiffs to fix the outcome in the Lago Agrio litigation against Chevron—Ted Folkman is judicious. While reporting Guerra’s allegations and crediting Chevron’s lawyers for ferreting them out, Ted’s first reaction is that “I don’t trust……

  • Maestro Mastro: Chevron’s Legal Team Hits A Home Run

    Earlier today, Chevron filed a Declaration by Alberto Guerra Bastidas, an Ecuadoran judge, that tells a seriously juicy story of judicial corruption in Ecuador. By his own admission, Judge Guerra allowed the claim against Chevron to go forward in 2003 and 2004 because of “public pressure brought to bear by the representatives of the Plaintiffs.”……

  • Case of the Day: In re Republic of Ecuador

    The case of the day is In re Republic of Ecuador (N.D. Fla. 2012). The judge characterized the case as a small part of “an expansive, long-running international dispute,” which is like calling the moon landing a “short, somewhat interesting jaunt for the adventurous.” The Republic of Ecuador, taking a page from Chevron’s playbook, brought……

  • Lago Agrio: Judge Kaplan Mostly Denies The Lago Agrio Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

    On November 7 I noted that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs had filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings on Chevron’s claims for fraud. Chevron’s claim is that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs deceived the Ecuadoran court, or in the alternative that the Ecuadoran plaintiffs participated in a deception perpetrated by the Ecuadoran court, and that the deception……