Blog Source: www.thetimesofnigeria.com
A federal jury on Monday cleared Chevron Corp. of responsibility for human rights abuses during a violent protest on one of the company's oil platforms off the coast of Nigeria more than 10 years ago. ...
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The case was brought against San Ramon, California-based Chevron under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a law that dates back to 1789 and allows foreigners to sue over human rights abuses committed by or on behalf of U.S. organizations. ...
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Today, in the human-rights case "Bowoto v. Chevron" a jury in a San Francisco federal court found in favor of Chevron. It represents a major test for the Alien Tort Claims Act. That Act permits non-U.S. residents to file lawsuits in ...
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Chevron case represented a watershed in terms of corporate accountability. The details of the Nigerian case – of human rights abuses in the global operations of the oil and gas industry – can be replicated many times over in different ...
Blog Source: planetsave.com
Chevron Acquitted in Nigerian Human Rights Case, Appeal Expected. Written by Alex Felsinger. Published on December 2nd, 2008. Posted in War & Conflict. A federal jury ruled yesterday that Chevron had done nothing wrong a decade ago when ...
Blog Source: www.pointoflaw.com
This month lawyers working for Larry Bowoto will argue in a San Francisco courtroom that Chevron engaged in human rights violations when it hired Nigerian soldiers in 1998 to forcefully remove Bowoto and his unarmed group from a ...