Chevron's Ecuadorean quagmire got deeper and dirtier Friday, with the announcement that two longtime lawyers for the company have been indicted by the Ecuadorean government.
In-house lawyer Ricardo Reis Veiga and outside counsel Rodrigo Perez Pallares are accused of being part of a conspiracy to fraudulently certify that Chevron predecessor Texaco had completed the cleanup of more than 100 mines in the Ecuadorean rainforest in the 1990s. The government released Chevron from liability on the basis of those certifications.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
In the State of Alaska, Rage and Sorrow Over Decision
When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989, Andrew Wills was a successful herring fisherman in Alaska and the owner of three canneries.
The 11 million gallons of crude oil from the tanker destroyed the herring population and Mr. Wills’s fishing career, so he borrowed money to open a bookshop, a cafe and the Mermaid Bed and Breakfast in downtown Homer, Alaska.
Mr. Wills had expected to use his $85,000 share of the $2.5 billion punitive damage settlement against Exxon to pay off some of his debts. The United States Supreme Court decision on Wednesday cutting the damages to around $500 million means Mr. Wills will receive only $15,000, he said.
“After everything we’ve been through, that’s barely enough to cover payroll for a month,” he said. “This is a knife in the gut.”
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The 11 million gallons of crude oil from the tanker destroyed the herring population and Mr. Wills’s fishing career, so he borrowed money to open a bookshop, a cafe and the Mermaid Bed and Breakfast in downtown Homer, Alaska.
Mr. Wills had expected to use his $85,000 share of the $2.5 billion punitive damage settlement against Exxon to pay off some of his debts. The United States Supreme Court decision on Wednesday cutting the damages to around $500 million means Mr. Wills will receive only $15,000, he said.
“After everything we’ve been through, that’s barely enough to cover payroll for a month,” he said. “This is a knife in the gut.”
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Hazards: Golf Carts Get Around, and Injuries Rise
As golf carts zip their way off the golf course and into places like national parks, college campuses and gated communities, the number of people hurt in them has more than doubled, researchers say.
Part of the problem is that the carts are faster than they used to be. But they are also being used in ways they were not necessarily intended for and are carrying people — like children — they should not, the study said.
Writing in the July issue of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the researchers said that from 1990 to 2006, the injury rate had doubled. The lead author is Daniel S. Watson of Ohio State University.
Over the period studied, the researchers counted injuries in almost 150,000 people ages 2 months to 96 years.
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Part of the problem is that the carts are faster than they used to be. But they are also being used in ways they were not necessarily intended for and are carrying people — like children — they should not, the study said.
Writing in the July issue of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the researchers said that from 1990 to 2006, the injury rate had doubled. The lead author is Daniel S. Watson of Ohio State University.
Over the period studied, the researchers counted injuries in almost 150,000 people ages 2 months to 96 years.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay
A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials, according to information given Congressional investigators.
By failing to report income, the psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Biederman, and a colleague in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Timothy E. Wilens, may have violated federal and university research rules designed to police potential conflicts of interest, according to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. Some of their research is financed by government grants.
Like Dr. Biederman, Dr. Wilens belatedly reported earning at least $1.6 million from 2000 to 2007, and another Harvard colleague, Dr. Thomas Spencer, reported earning at least $1 million after being pressed by Mr. Grassley’s investigators. But even these amended disclosures may understate the researchers’ outside income because some entries contradict payment information from drug makers, Mr. Grassley found.
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By failing to report income, the psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Biederman, and a colleague in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Timothy E. Wilens, may have violated federal and university research rules designed to police potential conflicts of interest, according to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. Some of their research is financed by government grants.
Like Dr. Biederman, Dr. Wilens belatedly reported earning at least $1.6 million from 2000 to 2007, and another Harvard colleague, Dr. Thomas Spencer, reported earning at least $1 million after being pressed by Mr. Grassley’s investigators. But even these amended disclosures may understate the researchers’ outside income because some entries contradict payment information from drug makers, Mr. Grassley found.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
High Court Justices Cut Stock Holdings
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., whose investments forced them to sit out cases before the Supreme Court, have significantly reduced their stock holdings, their latest financial disclosures show.
Roberts sold all his shares in four companies last year -- Becton Dickinson, Cisco Systems, Citigroup and Merck -- worth $117,000 to $265,000.
Citigroup and Cisco were connected to pending cases in which Roberts initially declined to participate. Then he sold his shares in time to take part in the argument session and decision.
In those instances, Roberts became the eighth participating justice, averting the possibility of a 4 to 3 ruling.
In March, Roberts's stake in Pfizer left him unable to participate in a dispute over patient lawsuits against drugmakers. The court divided 4 to 4.
Alito sold all his stock in Intel, worth $15,000 to $50,000, and reduced his holdings in three other companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exxon Mobil and McDonald's.
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Roberts sold all his shares in four companies last year -- Becton Dickinson, Cisco Systems, Citigroup and Merck -- worth $117,000 to $265,000.
Citigroup and Cisco were connected to pending cases in which Roberts initially declined to participate. Then he sold his shares in time to take part in the argument session and decision.
In those instances, Roberts became the eighth participating justice, averting the possibility of a 4 to 3 ruling.
In March, Roberts's stake in Pfizer left him unable to participate in a dispute over patient lawsuits against drugmakers. The court divided 4 to 4.
Alito sold all his stock in Intel, worth $15,000 to $50,000, and reduced his holdings in three other companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exxon Mobil and McDonald's.
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Family Files Malicious Prosecution Suit After Protracted Court Battle
It might have been bearable if the horror had stopped when Paul Gayter and his wife Flora Nicholas learned that their 9-year-old daughter had been molested by a hotel employee during a family vacation.
Or if it had stopped when the hotel's insurer, American International Group, decided on exceptionally tough tactics -- endless depositions, private investigators and psychological tests -- to prevent a payout to the family. Or when federal prosecutors, perhaps acting on a tip from lawyers for the insurer and hotel, started questioning the family's immigration status (they're from Britain) and launching criminal probes into their business dealings. Or when a settlement deal with the hotel fell apart and the battle headed back to court.
But it hasn't ended. Eight years after their daughter was attacked, the Gayters' fight grinds on. Lawsuits have snaked through two federal trial courts and two federal appellate courts. At least 20 lawyers have worked on the matter, including litigators from some of the top firms in the country. Lawyers for the hotel have been admonished repeatedly for overreaching discovery tactics. Yet they've been able to bat down a jury trial.
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Or if it had stopped when the hotel's insurer, American International Group, decided on exceptionally tough tactics -- endless depositions, private investigators and psychological tests -- to prevent a payout to the family. Or when federal prosecutors, perhaps acting on a tip from lawyers for the insurer and hotel, started questioning the family's immigration status (they're from Britain) and launching criminal probes into their business dealings. Or when a settlement deal with the hotel fell apart and the battle headed back to court.
But it hasn't ended. Eight years after their daughter was attacked, the Gayters' fight grinds on. Lawsuits have snaked through two federal trial courts and two federal appellate courts. At least 20 lawyers have worked on the matter, including litigators from some of the top firms in the country. Lawyers for the hotel have been admonished repeatedly for overreaching discovery tactics. Yet they've been able to bat down a jury trial.
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