The Global Lawyer: Chevron by the Numbers: 60 Law Firms, 114 Gibson Dunn Lawyers, 117 Charges of Ghostwriting

Ecuadorean plaintiffs have filed a letter in New York federal court stating that Chevron is now using 60 law firms and more than 2,000 legal professionals to fend off the $19 billion environmental judgment obtained by plaintiffs in an Amazonian court in 2011. The Ecuadorean team told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that he would be presiding over a "show trial" unless he places limits on filings by Chevron.

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