Bloomberg Law
June 21, 2017, 12:29 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Chevron Seeks $32 Million in Legal Fees From NY Lawyer

• After Chevron Corp. notched a big win at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, the energy giant’s Gibson Dunn attorney Randy Mastro is asking a federal court to force the lead lawyer for Ecuadorian villagers to fork over $32 million to cover the company’s attorneys’ fees. The Supreme Court declined to take up a case that began with an effort to hold the company liable for massive oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon, but the company still faces litigation in Brazil and Canada. ( Bloomberg )

• Plaintiffs lawyers in securities class actions raked in nearly $1 billion in legal fees and expenses from settlements completed in 2016, according ...

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