Called “Lessons from the Chevron Ecuador Litigation” it’s an all-day event, from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM at room 290 in the Stanford Law School. Given the schedule and the attendees, the event promises to be a doozy. Check this out:
The Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation’s Symposium:
Lessons from the Chevron Ecuador Litigation
Friday, February 8, 2013 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Room 290
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The ongoing litigation between Chevron and the people of Lago Agrio, Ecuador regarding alleged environmental harms dating from Texaco’s oil exploration and extraction in Ecuador now spans three continents and nearly twenty years; and concerns the largest judgment ever awarded in an environmental lawsuit, eighteen billion dollars. The litigation has been called both “a shakedown,” and “a landmark victory,” yet it continues to be litigated around the world and divide both the bar and the academy. What are the consequences of this case? With complex litigation becoming increasingly transnational, what general lessons can be drawn from this case? These questions are at the heart of SJCL’s inaugural symposium.
Panels: Lessons from Chevron
Deborah Hensler, Moderator, Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution, Stanford Law School
Ted Boutros, Defense Counsel for Chevron; Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Steven Donziger, Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel; Partner, Donziger & Associates
Patrick Keefe, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Judith Kimerling, Professor of Political Science, Queens College, City University of
New York
Transnational Reach of Ethics Rules
Nora Freeman Engstrom, Moderator, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Howard Erichson, Professor of Law, Fordham University
Morris Ratner, Associate Professor of Law, U.C. Hastings College of Law
Catherine Rogers, Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law,
Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
Transnational Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation: Foreign Judgment Enforcement and Foreign Discovery

Jenny Martinez, Moderator, Professor of Law and Warren Christopher Professor in the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy, Stanford Law School
Michael Goldhaber, Senior International Correspondent and “Global Lawyer” Columnist for The American Lawyer and the ALM Media Group
Manuel Gómez, Associate Professor of Law, Florida International University
Richard Marcus, Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation, U.C. Hastings College of Law
S.I. Strong, Supreme Court Fellow and Associate Professor of Law, University of
Missouri School of Law
Christopher Whytock, Professor of Law, U.C. Irvine School of Law
Third Party Litigation Financing and Transnational Litigation
Janet Cooper Alexander, Moderator, Fredrick I. Richman Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Martin Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University School of Law
Maya Steinitz, Associate Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law Reception to Follow
Stay tuned.