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A high profile and complex dispute involving a group of Ecuadorian residents, Chevron Corporation and the Republic of Ecuador is forcing courts and the media to focus on an arcane provision of federal law that authorizes federal courts in the United States to order testimony or the production of documents for use in a foreign or international tribunal
In late September 2009, Chevron filed an arbitration against Ecuador before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague alleging breaches of the US-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty (BIT
