Chevron RICO Verdict Sets Dangerous Precedent For Activists

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By Mike GMar 14, 2014, 5:30 pm271 pts
Last week, Chevron's RICO suit against the lawyers representing 30,000 Ecuadoreans impacted by the company's oil pollution in the Amazon came to its inevitable conclusion when the judge presiding over the case, Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, ruled in Chevron's favor. Yes, that's RICO as in…

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