Judge rejects Chevron subpoena of advocacy group in Ecuador case

Reuters: A U.S. judge has rejected efforts by Chevron Corp to secure documents from a California environmental advocacy group in a fraud case related to a $19 billion award for rainforest pollution in Ecuador. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins on Wednesday quashed Chevron's subpoena for a deposition and documents from Amazon Watch, which the group's own lawyer described as the U.S. oil company's "sharpest critic." The subpoena was related to a case scheduled to go to trial on October 15 in which Chevron......

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