Ecuador: Only In America - Chevron Lawyer Receives $7.8 Million For Losing $18 Billion Ecuador Lawsuit

Ecuador: Only In America - Chevron Lawyer Receives $7.8 Million For Losing $18 Billion Ecuador Lawsuit   Chevron's Board of Directors recently awarded its General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate a 75% raise -- bringing his 2011 salary to a whopping $7.8 million -- for losing the landmark $18 billion environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, according to a recent public filing of the company. In reaching the $18 billion judgment -- the largest ever in an environmental case (see here and here) -- the Ecuador...

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