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Environmental

Jan. 20, 2011

Chevron Fights Deposition Request

The high profile battle between Chevron Corp., the Republic of Ecuador and Ecuadorean plaintiffs suing the oil giant for environmental damage escalated yet again Friday.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - The high profile battle between Chevron Corp., the Republic of Ecuador and Ecuadorean plaintiffs suing the oil giant for environmental damage has escalated yet again.


For months, San Ramon-based Chevron stayed behind the scenes as attorneys for Ecuador sought - and won - a court order allowing them to depose Diego Borja, the man who secretly videotaped conversations with the judge o...

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