The case of Chevron Corporation in Ecuador has already remade the U.S. law of discovery in aid of foreign suits. As the tribespeople who won a multibillion dollar verdict against Chevron open ever more enforcement fronts, the world’s most intensely-litigated case promises also to revamp the law on collecting foreign judgments around the world.
Following their first enforcement efforts in Canada and Brazil, the indigenous plaintiffs moved in August against residual assets in Ecuador. On Nov. 1 they moved to freeze Chevron’s assets in Argentina, and they soon plan to do the same in Colombia. On Nov. 7 they obtained an initial freezing order in Argentina. So far, the plaintiffs say, they’ve targeted assets worth more than half of the $19 billion judgment they won in Ecuador. More actions are under being weighed in Europe, Asia, and Australasia.
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