Personal Injury & Torts
Jul. 21, 2010
Obscure Law Aiding Chevron
Armed with a little-known law, Chevron Corp. has been crisscrossing the country to uncover information to aid it in fighting a massive environmental lawsuit in Ecuador.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - As Chevron Corp. awaits judgment in a massive environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, its attorneys have gone on the offensive in the United States, crisscrossing the country to uncover information they claim will prove fraud on the part of the plaintiffs behind the case.
Armed with a little-known law - 28 U.S.C. 1782 - designed to help parties obtain U.S.-based evidence in ...
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