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Lago Agrio: Chevron Makes Contempt Claim
Chevron has brought a motion asserting that Steven Donziger, the LAPs’ American lawyer, is in contempt of the final judgment in the RICO case, which included an injunction forbidding Donziger to seek to monetize the Ecuadoran judgment. The allegations are juicy, but as we will see, there may be less to Chevron’s claim than meets……
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Lago Agrio: Court Holds Donziger Liable For More Than $800,000 In Costs
One of the worst things about losing a civil action is that your victorious opponent can seek to recover its costs. Talk about being kicked when you’re down! In the United States, unlike in many other jurisdictions, “costs” do not include attorney’s fees. In general, each side bears its own lawyer’s fees. But you can……
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Lago Agrio Court: STJ Rejects Ecuadoran Judgment
The Chevronologists among you know that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have tried to obtain recognition of their Ecuadoran judgment in three jurisdictions: Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. The attempt in Argentina failed last month. The proceedings in Canada were rejected by the first instance court in January 2017 but are still on appeal. The LAPs, perhaps……
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Lago Agrio: Payments to Guerra and Fajardo
Readers, for those of you who don’t follow the Lago Agrio case, I hope you’ll bear with me. I know I’ve had a lot of Chevron/Ecuador coverage the past week or two, but some new developments caught my eye, and I think they’re worthy of a post.
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Lago Agrio: The Argentine and Brazilian Developments, In English
I’ve recently noted the decision of an Argentine court to refuse to enforce the Lago Agrio judgment, and the opinion of Brazilian judge Luis Felipe Salomão also opining that the judgment should not be enforced in Brazil. I’ve gotten my hands on English translations of both.