Southern District Magistrate Judge James Francis IV (See Profile) has ruled that Chevron CEO John Watson must testify in the oil company’s fraud case against Ecuadorian citizens who are trying to enforce a $19 billion judgment they won against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court in a case over rainforest pollution. Francis also ruled that Edward Scott II, vice president of Chevron’s global upstream gas group, and Kroll Inc., an investigative and risk management company that Chevron has retained to help with litigation, can be deposed.
Chevron alleges the Ecuadorians won their judgment by fabricating evidence, and sued the Ecuadorian plaintiffs in the Southern District for fraud. It has argued that deposing Watson and Scott would be disruptive to business and that they have no unique relevant knowledge.
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