Clarification: The article below refers to “apparent evidence of fraud and corruption that has surfaced in the Lago Agrio litigation.” Chevron has presented videos to U.S. and Ecaudoran authorities that allegedly reveal a bribery scheme in the environmental suit against the company in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, but no court has yet ruled on whether fraud or corruption occurred.
Most Januarys, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Theodore Olson gives the firm’s freshest hires a speech that he calls “How to Fail.” One sure way, he tells them, is always to swim with the current. “Sheep, lemmings, and dead fish all learn to head in the same direction at the same time,” he warned in a recent version of his talk. The message is clear: Don’t be afraid to think for yourself and make your own path.
