Chevron and the Republic of Ecuador have beaten and bloodied each other for two decades now in what seems like just about every U.S. and Ecuadoran court that exists. The fight relates to claims in arbitration that Chevron predecessor Texaco polluted oil fields in Ecuador. Background here. And it has so far resulted in
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Giving Papers to Ecuadorian Court Expert Waived any Privilege, Third Circuit Holds
By Barry Barnett on
The strange case started almost two decades ago in New York. On the motion of Texaco — later Chevron — it wound up in Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
In it, a group of Ecuadorians claimed that Texaco/Chevron's oil and gas operations in their home land caused bad problems. The court in Lago Agrio named an expert to help figure…