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The News: 2008 ogj.com “Chevron on trial in San Francisco for rights abuses” By Eric Watkins Chevron Corp. is at the center of a legal case before federal court in San Francisco that will ask jurors to decide whether the firm sanctioned human rights abuses that resulted in the deaths and injuries of protesters at its Nigerian facilities, or whether the company was simply protecting its employees from belligerent kidnappers . . . The lawsuit identified as Bowoto vs. Chevron, No. C99-2506SI (N.D. Calif.) alleges that Chevron, in conjunction with the Nigerian military, engaged in torture, assaults, and the killing of two protesters over Chevron's environmental record and its failure to hire locals in the delta region near its oil drilling operations. (see full story) reuters.com October 29, 2008 “U.S. court told Chevron paid forces in Nigeria clash” By Jennifer Martinez Chevron Corp fed, housed and paid Nigerian military forces involved in a deadly clash with local residents occupying an oil platform more than a decade ago, a jury was told on Tuesday at a federal trial in which the oil company is accused of human rights abuses . . . In opening arguments, lawyer Dan Stormer, speaking for the plaintiffs, said the forces that landed on Parabe to retake the platform were on Chevron's payroll and supervised by the company.(see full story) San Francisco Chronicle October 29, 2008 “Chevron trial over Nigeria protest gets started” By Bob Egelko Chevron Corp. unleashed a "notoriously brutal and vicious" Nigerian military force on peaceful protesters at an offshore oil rig in 1998, a lawyer for a group of villagers accusing the company of human-rights violations told jurors in San Francisco on Tuesday . . . Two men were killed and two were wounded by shots fired by troops summoned by Chevron's Nigerian subsidiary on the fourth day of a confrontation with more than 100 villagers.(see full story) huffingtonpost.com October 29, 2008 “Bowoto v. Chevron: What's Really at Stake?” By Daniel Firger The primary legal battle being fought here - and part of the reason so many scholars and activists around the world are watching -- has to do with the uncertain standards used to determine so-called aiding and abetting liability for corporations in human rights cases . . . Since the state of the law is so unsettled on this point, the decision in Bowoto is likely to have a big impact on the way future human rights lawsuits are litigated.(see full story) cbs5.com October 28, 2008 “SF: ATTORNEYS RECOUNT 1998 NIGERIAN OIL BARGE TAKEOVER AS TRIAL BEGINS” Today was the first day of a landmark trial on a human rights lawsuit filed by four protesters or their surviving family members . . . A lawyer for Nigerian villagers told a federal jury in San Francisco today that protesters' takeover of an offshore Chevron oil platform 10 years ago was a peaceful incident.(see full story) thestandard.com October 28, 2008 “Judge includes sponsored Google results in Chevron gag order” By Cyndy Aleo-Carreira (see full story) chron.com October 28, 2008 “Chevron blamed in Nigeria deaths” Chevron Corp. is responsible for the deaths, injuries and torture of unarmed Nigerians attacked in 1998 on an offshore drilling platform by soldiers summoned by the second-largest U.S. oil company, an attorney told a jury Tuesday . . . Nigerian soldiers sent by helicopter attacked the villagers, firing shots and killing two men, he said.(see full story) Los Angeles Times October 28, 2008 “Trial gets underway in human rights case against Chevron” By Richard Paddock Opening statements began Tuesday in a trial over whether Chevron Corp. colluded with the Nigerian military in 1998, when troops broke up a protest at an offshore oil rig, killing two villagers. The suit was brought under a federal law that allows foreigners to sue American companies for alleged human rights violations in other countries. The case in U.S. District Court is being closely watched by human rights advocates seeking to hold U.S. corporations accountable for their actions overseas.(see full story) ThisDayOnline.com August 19, 2008 “N'Delta Killings: Chevron's Trial Begins Sept in US” By Constance Ikokwu Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, will stand trial in the United States (US) in September, after exhausting all appeals meant to stop the company from being tried for the alleged murder of villagers in the Niger Delta region in two separate incidents between 1998 and 1999. . . . The US District Court Judge in San Francisco, California, Susan Illston, ruled last year in the Bowoto v. Chevron Corp., No 99-2506, that Chevron was directly involved in the alleged attacks by acting in consonance with Nigerian government security forces and therefore would stand trial. . . . (see full story) Daily Journal March 4, 2008 “Newspaper Ordered to Pay $5.2 Million” By Robert Iafolla A federal judge awarded workers at a Chinese-language newspaper $5.2 million, the latest step in a four-year battle over violations of state and federal labor laws.“It was an incredibly hard-fought case - the defense was not vaguely interested in a resolution at any point,” said Randy Renick of Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, the lead trial attorney for the plaintiffs. . . .“The jury spoke loudly when it awarded over $2.5 million,” he said. “Judge Marshall was even more vocal when she awarded $5.19 million.” New York Times March 1, 2008 “Paper is Penalized for Labor Violations” By Rebecca Cathcart One of the area’s largest Chinese-language newspapers was ordered by a federal judge here Friday to pay millions of dollars to 200 employees who were denied years of overtime pay and subjected to other labor law violations. The $5.19 million award, to the employees of The Chinese Daily News, included penalties for violating labor laws as well as 10 percent interest on the original award of $2.5 million, which was granted by a jury in 2007. . . . The paper owes its employees overtime wages dating to 2000, said the employees’ main lawyer, Randy Renick, adding that many employees who joined the suit “have either been fired or forced to quit.” Los Angeles Times March 1, 2008 “Paper Must Pay in Labor Case; Chinese Daily News Workers Say They Put in 12-Hour Days Without Breaks or Overtime.” By Tiffany Hsu One of the nation's largest Chinese-language newspapers was slapped with a federal court order to pay $5.2 million to past and current employees who were forced to work 12-hour days without breaks or overtime pay. The Chinese Daily News, based in Los Angeles and New York, must pay more than $3.5 million in damages and penalties in addition to more than $1.5 million in interest to the workers, according to an order issued late Thursday by U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall in Los Angeles. . . . “It's been a long fight, and it's a great victory,” said Randall Renick, a plaintiffs' lawyer. Daily Journal January 14, 2008 “Panel Says No to Probes of NASA Workers' Sex Lives” By John Roemer New intrusive background checks of NASA scientists' sex lives and other intimate issues have gotten three thumbs down from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.The proposed checks outraged workers at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operated by the California Institute of Technology under a NASA contract. . . . “These checks really are reminiscent of the Cold War period," said Virginia Keeny, a partner at Pasadena's Hadsell & Stormer, who represented the workers. 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