The epic litigation over how to clean up oil pollution in the Ecuadorean rain forest more grim anniversary approached, with no end in sight and no improvement on the ground in the forest. Instead, the now-global legal battle against Chevron (CVX) submitted to the bloodshed between the two most famous odd corporate law firms in the United States: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Patton Boggs.Nearly two years ago, in February 2011, provincial court in Lago Agrio oil frontier cities impose record-breaking $ 18200000000 verdict against Chevron. Verdict Contamination fears that oil production is accompanied by Texaco from the mid-1960s until 1990. Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, acquired Texaco in 2001 and with it, the answer to the rainforest legacy.Chevron swore would never pay a dime of the judgment, which now exceeds $ 19 billion. The oil company, with no assets to speak in Ecuador, the complainant claimed that the lawyers', Steven Donziger led by New York, obtaining a very large judgment with false evidence and process in Ecuador corrupt, deny allegations that Donziger. Rather than negotiate some kind of settlement, Chevron to launch a counterattack against Donziger nuclear power in federal court in New York, where, who, making conflict less between Gibson Dunn, the lead law firm Chevron, and Patton Boggs, who entered the fray in 2010 by complainants' side.The only to appreciate the swamp Dickensian be starting from scratch. A team of American lawyers, including Donziger, filed a lawsuit in 1993 in New York on behalf of thousands of farmers and native Indian hybrid. American lawyers found their client can not get a fair trial in Ecuador, the courts, they said, did not accept to hear mass and will be susceptible to the influence of U.S. oil policy in the U.S. case industry.Texaco struggled for nine years in the jurisdiction, insisting that Ecuador court enough. In the end, the oil companies win, in the U.S. case was dismissed, and Chevron executives, the new acquirer Texaco, assume they are made by Ecuador. On the last point, they wrong.Donziger, a solo practitioner great power, Lago Agrio case filed back in 2003. The oil companies got what they asked for: a test closer to the location of the alleged error. The test, however, did not go as Chevron's Lago Agrio court rejected several defense firms liked.The:it cleared some of the contaminated sites in exchange for a release from liability in 1998 the government of Ecuador, the remaining pollution is not really so bad, that any effect of pollution is actually caused Petroecuador, the national oil company to take over the oil fields, and each is responsible for the situation in the forest, Donziger failed to produce hard scientific evidence linking people illness.No contamination, said the Ecuador court in February 2011: oily in land and in the water, the sick, and the deep-pocketed U.S. oil companies have to do something about it, to the tune of billions dollars.Unfortunately to Ecuador complainant, creative techniques used to dominate Donziger Lago Agrio leaving him vulnerable to counterattack Chevron Attack in federal court in New York. Gibson Dunn has gathered evidence that Donziger has claimed showed compromised Ecuadorian judge, filed false reports of experts, and implement critical court papers ghostwritten by consultants who are paid by the U.S.. Packaged as a civil racketeering lawsuit, the allegations put Donziger in defense of their own country and make Ecuador judgment enforcement in the United States is not possible. A trial on charges of extortion Chevron is scheduled to fall.Meanwhile, Gibson Dunn and Patton Boggs each other neck. Patton Boggs entered the case to help Donziger try Ecuadorian judgment in third countries where Chevron has assets. Enforcement actions are now pending against the oil company in Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Chevron, surprisingly, struggled all U.S. efforts.In, Gibson Dunn Patton Boggs accused of helping Donziger New "fraudulent scheme.", Gibson Dunn is suspected in a confrontation January 7 in federal court in New York Patton Boggs "major player" in a deceptive campaign to collect money from the UK-based Hedge funds, which in turn will invest $ 4 million lawsuit claimants' in exchange for the promise of a part of any recovery. To support this allegation, Gibson Dunn made public Set. 29, 2011, letter written by Burford Capital, Hedge funds that Donziger accused of "multi-month scheme to defraud and mislead in order to secure much needed funds." Do not shed a tear for every Burford. It said shareholders sold $ 4,000,000 "participation" in an unnamed investors, while retaining the upside interests in Ecuador pollution case.Patton Boggs, who, for his part, around some files lawsuit against Gibson Dunn, said they were wrongly accused. "Patton Boggs obviously angry at attempts by Chevron advisory letter one of Burford Group Patton perfect commit fraud," said law firm based in Washington in a written statement. "Chevron plans to feature Burford advisory letter in a court filing responding to the recent issues that are not related but recent efforts to Chevron to distract from the fact that it has $ 19000000000 judgment against it. "Karen Hinton, a spokeswoman for Donziger and the Ecuadorian complainant, had added:" Burford writing itself nothing more than a fraudulent attempt to avoid their obligations to fund Ecuador. As a result of undue pressure by Chevron, Burford tried to remove himself from the case, but still shares the Ecuadorian judgment at the same time. Chevron to false accusations of fraud against Ecuador and their advisers will always expressed in Burford and is available via a simple Google search of public documents. "Perfect Burford Hinton calls" nonsense. "What should clean oil stained river in the rainforest? Not much. Teeth of justice grind slowly.
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