日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Americas

Chevron goes to trial over $18b Ecuador award

Agencies | Updated: 2013-10-16 11:01

Racketeer accusations

In the lawsuit, Chevron accuses Donziger of violating the US Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and says both he and the villagers committed fraud.

Central to Chevron's case is the evidence of a former Ecuadorean judge, Alberto Guerra. Guerra said in a sworn deposition that he often wrote opinions for Judge Nicolas Zambrano, who issued the award to the villagers.

Guerra said Donziger and another lawyer pledged to pay Zambrano $500,000 from whatever they collected from the judgment in exchange for allowing them to write it. Guerra also said Zambrano promised to share part of the bribe.

Ted Boutrous, a lawyer for Chevron, said the proceedings in Ecuador were "one of the most egregious litigation frauds in history."

Donziger and the Ecuadoreans say Guerra has no credibility and say he is being paid for his testimony by Chevron. Donziger denies writing the judgment.

"We are completely and utterly denying the allegations by Chevron," his spokesman Gowen told reporters on Friday.

"Steven Donziger did not ghostwrite a judgment," Gowen said. "Steven Donziger did not bribe a judge."

In January, Chevron said it relocated Guerra's family to protect his safety and paid him $38,000 for the costs of providing his evidence. Chevron also confirmed that it agreed to pay Guerra's family $10,000 per month for living expenses and $2,000 for housing.

Guerra and Zambrano are expected to testify at the trial, which is expected to last several weeks.

Donziger and the Ecuadoreans argue that the relief Chevron seeks - a ban on enforcing the Ecuadorean judgment in US courts or profiting from it in any way - would violate the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals' reversal of Kaplan's 2011 injunction.

They also say they are fighting an unfair battle. Chevron has overwhelmingly more resources. And Donziger and the villagers accuse Kaplan of bias. In a court filing, they wrote that Kaplan's "contempt" for Ecuador, "its courts, and its laws has only grown more prominent over time."

The 2nd Circuit on September 26 rejected their request to remove Kaplan from the case.

Earlier this month, Kaplan ruled that the villagers and Donziger are not entitled to a trial by jury, as they had preferred, because Chevron waived damages claims against them.

The case is Chevron Corp v. Steven Donziger et al, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, No 11-0691.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 二级毛片视频 | 成人日韩在线观看 | 欧美一级视频在线观看 | 黄色av免费在线 | 日韩专区欧美专区 | 久久久久久久免费 | 强开小嫩苞一区二区三区视频 | 91视频com | 一二区精品 | 欧美日韩亚洲在线观看 | 日本黄色大片网站 | 黄色网免费看 | 亚洲男人的天堂av | 欧美色图888| 一级的大片 | 毛片在哪看 | 国产一区二区三区中文字幕 | 亚洲男人天堂网 | 在线看片亚洲 | 日韩欧美成 | av免费大片 | 日韩中文字幕在线视频 | 欧美俄罗斯乱妇 | 国产一区二区视频免费 | 亚洲精品黄 | 亚洲天堂视频网站 | 欧美久久久久久久久久久久 | 欧美久久久久久 | 亚洲成av| 初体验3在线观看 | 亚洲一级黄色大片 | 中文字幕第一页在线 | 国产精品福利一区 | 北条麻妃一级片 | 在线观看黄色av | 欧美日韩系列 | 91午夜理伦私人影院 | 特淫毛片| 亚洲国产精品网站 | 亚洲911精品成人18网站 | 欧美激情一区二区三区 |