Bowoto v Chevron

Bowoto v. Chevron: Nigerian Plaintiffs Argue their Appeal in Human Rights Case Against Chevron

Scott Gilmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trial, Human Rights, Chevron, Oil, Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, International Law, Bowoto v Chevron, Lawsuit, World News
Scott Gilmore

Lawyers for a group of Nigerian environmental activists argued an appeal before the Ninth Circuit in Bowoto v. Chevron. This landmark case was the first human rights civil suit against a corporation to be tried before an American jury.

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Landmark Human Rights Trial Bowoto v. Chevron to Begin October 27th

Daniel Firger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Court Case, Human Rights, Chevron, Nigeria, Bowoto, Bowoto vs Chevron, Bowoto v Chevron, Business News
Daniel Firger

For the first time, a U.S. company could potentially be held liable in U.S. courts for gross human rights abuses committed in their overseas operations.

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Why The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Needs Reform

Andrew Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Ecuador, Enviornmental Law, Chevron, Burma, Bowoto, Newmont Mining Company, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bowoto v. Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Corruption, Big Oil, Business News
Andrew Woods

Paying the soldiers of foreign countries to moonlight as a private security force is an inherently corrupting practice that undermines the rule of law and the neutrality of a foreign army.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Multinational Corporations, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell, Bowoto vs. Chevron, Bowoto v. Chevron, Nigeria, Legal Reasoning, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dictators, Chevron Human Rights, Big Oil, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.

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Charles James: Chevron's In-House Karl Rove?

Andrew Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Bowoto, Bowoto vs Chevron, Human Rights, Charles James, Chevron Nigeria, Big Oil, Bowoto, Ecuador, Nigeria, Oil, Environmentalism, Environmental Law Suits, Chevron Burma, Bowoto v. Chevron, Chevron Ecuador, Karl Rove, Charles James Law Suit, Chevron Human Rights, Charles James Oil, Chevron Environmentalism, Charles James Chevron, Chevron Bowoto, Business News
Andrew Woods

One of the more interesting aspects of the Bowoto v. Chevron case has been the role played by attorney Charles James, who is considered a disciple of Karl Rove-style legal and political tactics.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: The Oil Men and the Juju Man

Scott Gilmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Human Rights, Alien Tort Statute, Race, Chevron, Bowoto, Business News, Bowoto v Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Court Case, Bowoto vs Chevron, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

What happens when an oil company gets its back to the wall in a human rights lawsuit? Like a cornered hound, it goes on the attack.

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Bowoto v. Chevron - The Flamingo Defense

Andrew Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bowoto vs Chevron, Human Rights, Charles James, Chevron Nigeria, Big Oil, Bowoto, Chevron Corp, Oil, Nigeria, Environmental Rights, Flamingo Defense, Chevron, William Haynes, Bowoto v Chevron, Michael Watts, Business News
Andrew Woods

Wednesday morning I watched the beginning development of a very specific narrative thread by Chevron - the underlying claim that they did not know, and could not know.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: What's Really at Stake?

Daniel Firger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Breaking Business News, Chevron, Law, Bowoto, Bowoto v Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Court Case, Bowoto vs Chevron, Business News
Daniel Firger

Since the state of the law is so unsettled on this point, the decision in Bowoto is likely to have a big impact on the way future human rights lawsuits are litigated. Chevron knows this, of course.

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Landmark Human Rights Trial Continues in Bowoto v. Chevron - Opening Statements and More

Andrew Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevron Court Case, Bowoto vs Chevron, Human Rights, Chevron, Bowoto, Chevron Nigeria, Chevron Corp, Nigeria, Oil, Business, Bowoto v Chevron, Business News
Andrew Woods

Of course American companies have a right and responsibility to protect their workers from harm - no reasonable person would argue that.

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