Publication Date: 2010-09-17
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Chevron Corporation: Randy M. Mastro, Scott A. Edelman, Andrew E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
for defendant: Attorneys for Respondents Joseph A. Berlinger, et al.: Maura J. Wogan, Jeremy S. Goldman, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. Attorneys for Respondents Lago Agrio Plaintiffs: Ilann M. Maazel, Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP *1Chevron Corporation ("Chevron") is the target of litigation brought in Ecuador by the so-called the Lago Agrio plaintiffs1 in which the latter seek to recover over $27 billion for *2 alleged environmental pollution by Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron after Texaco ceased operations in Ecuador and settled environmental claims with its government. At the suggestion of counsel for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, Joseph Berlinger and affiliates (collectively, "Berlinger") undertook to make a documentary film about the litigation. They were given extraordinary access by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and ultimately released a film entitled Crude.
Case Number: 10 MC 00001 (LAK)
Cite as: In re Chevron Corporation, 10 MC 00001 (LAK), NYLJ 1202472054605, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 07, 2010)District Judge Lewis A. Kaplanp class="d
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