http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24284/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-ignore-big-win-chevron-court <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> U.S. court calls Ecuador ruling ‘fraud,’ obtained ‘by corrupt means.’ </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">In a huge victory for the second-largest U.S. oil company, a U.S. district judge ruled March 4, that a $9.5 billion award against Chevron by an Ecuadorean court was “obtained by corrupt means.” The massive figure had been lowered by Ecuador’s highest court in 2013 after an earlier decision against Chevron of $19 billion.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Julia A. Seymour is Assistant Managing Editor for MRC Business at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BizMediaJulia" target="_blank">Follow Julia A. Seymour on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-ignore-big-win-chevron-court" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Energy Environment International Media 60 Minutes abc cbs Chevron civil lawsuit CJR Corruption court cases court rulings Ecuador fraud Lawsuits NBC oil company Petroecuador Pollution racketeering Scott Pelley Steven Donziger texaco Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:32:05 +0000 julia.seymour 45683 at http://archive2.mrc.org