In its dispute with Chevron Corporation regarding the Lago Agrio litigation, the Republic of Ecuador has frequently been on the losing end of discovery applications filed by Chevron pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1782. In Republic of Ecuador, et al. v. John A. Connor, Chevron Corporation, et al., Nos. 12-20122/20123, 2013 WL 539011 (5th Cir. February 13, 2013), Ecuador filed its own section 1782 application in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, seeking discovery from an individual...
In its effort to discredit lawyers holding an allegedly fraudulent $19 billion environmental judgment against it, Chevron Corporation has found an unlikely ally: Burford Capital, the world's largest litigation financing company, which in 2010 agreed to invest up to $15 million in the worldwide effort to enforce the mega-judgment.
