DiNapoli NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is urging Chevron to "do what's right for its investors" and "its future viability," and negotiate a fair settlement with a group of Ecuadorians suing the company.
Cooper NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper says online retailers, such as Amazon, do have to collect sales taxes if they open warehouses in the state.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ordered that a preliminary injunction blocking worldwide enforcement of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. be vacated.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit this week denied a motion by the Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. to file a response to the oil company's reply over a federal judge's recusal.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. are yet again asking a federal judge to recuse himself from a case involving a multibillion-dollar judgment against the oil company in Ecuador.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for the Ecuadorian plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp., including lawyer Steven Donziger, filed motions Wednesday alleging that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan is failing to provide a fair trial.
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris says online retailers, like Amazon.com, can start to gather signatures to challenge a new law that requires more of them to collect sales tax from California customers.
Kaplan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A Washington D.C.-based legal foundation is urging a U.S. appeals court to uphold an injunction that prevents a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs from trying to collect a multibillion dollar judgment against Chevron Corp.
Cooper NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper, in an opinion Tuesday, says a proposed bill requiring out-of-state companies to collect sales tax on purchases made by the state's residents is "constitutionally defensible."
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- Ecuador's government, in a court filing last week, asked a U.S. appeals court to rein in U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan for his "belittlement" of their country's court system.
DiNapoli NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and a coalition of Chevron Corp. investors released a letter Wednesday urging the oil giant to settle its 20-year legal battle with indigenous populations in the Amazon rainforest.
Judge Lewis Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted a group of Ecuadorians, who previously won an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp., an expedited appeal of a preliminary injunction in an order filed this week.
Van Nest NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will have to deal with the firm of one of the country's most prominent trial lawyers in the State's case against Intel Corp.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted Chevron Corp.'s motion to bifurcate its lawsuit against the lawyers who brought a class action against it in Ecuador.
Donziger NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York City-based plaintiffs' lawyer Steven Donziger, in a filing Monday, is requesting an oral argument on Chevron Corp.'s recent motion for a separate and expedited trial.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Chevron Corp. is asking a federal judge for a separate and expedited trial on its request for a declaratory judgment that would say an Ecuadorian court's multibillion-dollar judgment against it is "non-recognizable" and "unenforceable."
Keker NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A U.S. District judge has granted a motion to allow a high-profile attorney to represent defendant and New York City-based plaintiffs' lawyer Steven Donziger pro hac vice in a case against Chevron Corp.
Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote, "The purpose of such multiplicitous and burdensome proceedings against a company like Chevron is plain. By their own admissions, it is to exert pressure on Chevron by means of this litigation strategy to force a quick and richer settlement."
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted Chevron Corp.'s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the collection of more than $8 billion from the company.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has delayed his decision on whether to grant an injunction to stop the collection of more than $8 billion from Chevron Corp.
Kaplan NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of State, in a letter to a federal judge, says it will not comment on a lawsuit filed by Chevron Corporation earlier this month.