Editor's Note
Feb. 1, 2012
Editor's Note
By making the case for why lawsuits should be tried outside of the United States, transnational corporations could, and often did, make life a lot more difficult for plaintiffs lawyers. But last year that strategy went badly awry for Chevron when a judge in Ecuador issued an astonishing $8.6 billion judgment against the company for the toxic mess left behind by Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001.
Observers say the judgment - since doubled to $18 billion b...
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