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US courts order discovery for use overseas in Chevron-Ecuador disputes

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • Ecuador, USA
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  • December 8 2010

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