Alito WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by Chevron Corp. to review and block an $18 billion judgment against the oil giant for environmental damage in Ecuador.
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and a group of more than 50 other attorneys general announced Wednesday they have secured a $69 million agreement with three major publishers over electronic book price-fixing allegations.
Hinton QUITO, Ecuador (Legal Newsline) - An Ecuadorian judge ruled last week that Chevron Corp. now must pay more than $19 billion for the alleged damage it has caused to the country's Amazon region.
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday announced the creation of a unit that will focus on protecting consumers and individual privacy.
Harris SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced on Friday that Facebook has signed the Joint Statement of Principals to strengthen consumer privacy protections worldwide for users of online applications.
DiNapoli NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who has repeatedly pushed for Chevron Corp. to settle an ongoing legal battle with a group of Ecuadorians suing the company, reportedly received thousands in campaign donations from the same group.
Fajardo TORONTO (Legal Newsline) - A group of Ecuadorians on Wednesday hit Chevron Corp. with another lawsuit, this time in Canada, in hopes the company will comply with an $18 billion judgment against it.
DiNapoli NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli continues to put pressure on Chevron Corp. to settle an ongoing legal battle with a group of Ecuadorians suing the company.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge on Monday mostly upheld Chevron Corp.'s complaint in a lawsuit over an $18 billion judgment against the company.
Holder WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and a multistate group of attorneys general announced a settlement on Wednesday with three of the biggest U.S. book publishers and continuing litigation against Apple Inc. and two other publishers.
Kaplan LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador (Legal Newsline) - A three-judge appellate panel has again denied -- for the fourth time -- a motion by Chevron Corp. to block the Republic of Ecuador from enforcing an $18 billion judgment against the company.
SAN RAMON, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Chevron Corp. announced Tuesday that an international arbitration tribunal has ruled it has jurisdiction to hear the company's claims against the Republic of Ecuador.
Harris SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris says an agreement she reached Wednesday will strengthen privacy protections for users of mobile applications.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has denied a motion by Chevron Corp. to lift the stay on the injunction to block an $18 billion judgment against the company in an Ecuador court.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has denied Chevron Corp.'s motion to attach the assets of the Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing the oil giant.
QUITO, Ecuador (Legal Newsline) - An Ecuadorian appellate court has upheld an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. for the company's "intentional contamination" of the country's rainforest.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Ecuadorians suing Chevron Corp. are asking a federal appeals court to stay the company's latest request to attach all of their assets and to stay all remaining claims against them.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A spokeswoman for the Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. says a new order filed by a federal judge is part of a "conspiracy" between the company and the judge to prevent enforcement of a $18 billion judgment against the oil giant.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Chevron Corp. on Tuesday filed a motion for attachment, seeking to prevent the Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing the company from collecting any monies based on what it describes as a "fraudulent judgment that they have obtained through collusion with a corrupt Ecuadorian court."
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A spokeswoman for a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron and one-time aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly drew the former attorney general into the lawsuit filed against the company for polluting an Amazonian region.