SEC Wants to Know: Is Your Carbon Footprint a "Material Risk" to International Climate Change Agreements? Climate Change is a red hot area right now and is a top priority of discussion this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It seems that everyone is throwing their hat into the ring in one way or another. Now the Securities and … [Read more...]
Chevron Files International Arbitration Claim Against Ecuador: Forum Shopping in the Hague?
**Update January 15, 2010**: The Republic of Ecuador and the class Plaintiffs have both challenged Chevron's arbitration claim in New York federal court. You can read about it here and here. First, the United States. Then Ecuador. Now Holland. Chevron's wanderlust knows no bounds, as it recently filed a parallel international arbitration proceeding in the Hague (Holland). The … [Read more...]
Chevron's Missteps: How Not to Handle Foreign Litigation
Some of my recent "how to" posts have offered practical advice and tips concerning various areas of international business law. This post is different--it's a "how not to" article based on Chevron's inept and unethical handling of the oil pollution trial currently taking place in Ecuador. While zealous advocacy is critical to any high caliber practice, it … [Read more...]