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2013-10-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Chevron takes US lawyers to court in Ecuador RICO case

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Posted by badanov 2013-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 From NY Times:
Mr. Donziger for the first time in recent years spoke publicly about the personal travails that he says have engulfed him. He says shadowy men have trailed him. Watched his family. Sat in cars outside his home. He had his apartment swept for bugs, but found nothing.

Mr. Donziger played basketball with Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, and has a serious following among environmentalists. He and his supporters say he is being vilified potentially ruined for unmasking Chevrons questionable environmental record. Chevron, which is suing him and his associates for damages that could reach billions of dollars, says he is simply a con artist.

Mr. Donziger has chased after Chevron with the single-mindedness of Ahab. Reports of questionable ethical conduct have cast doubt over his motives. He is accused of engineering the ghostwriting of a crucial report submitted to the Ecuadorean court that decided the case, a claim he says is exaggerated and misconstrues local legal customs. Some of his former allies have abandoned him and signed statements taking Chevrons side.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-20 00:18|| 2013-10-20 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Some of his former allies have abandoned him and signed statements taking Chevron's side.
Posted by Glenmore

What we recognize today as the 'Robert Gibbs' syndrome.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-20 01:44|| 2013-10-20 01:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Some of his former allies have abandoned him and signed statements taking Chevron's side.
Some contend they change sides because Chevron makes them "an offer they can't refuse" ('Godfather'-style.) (I don't think they're right, but with corporations this big, and this much money at stake, .....)

Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-20 08:50|| 2013-10-20 08:50|| Front Page Top

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