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that the order would not prevent Defendants' attempts to enforce and recognize the judgment<br />

outside ofthe United States: "The judge cannot order and require something that is outside of<br />

United States territory, as such. Therefore, that injunction is completely, uh, it's unenforceable,<br />

inapplicable for countries other than the United States."<br />

335. The judgment of the Lago Agrio court, procured by the RICO Defendants' and<br />

their co-conspirators' fraud-in addition to related attachment and enforcement efforts and the<br />

specter of billions of dollars in liability-threatens to disrupt Chevron's business operations,<br />

sully its reputation, and otherwise cause Chevron to suffer irreparable harm. In the RICO<br />

Defendants' "Invictus" memorandum, outlining their plans to use the Lago Agrio judgment to<br />

extract payments from Chevron, Patton Boggs also proposes initiating a shareholder derivative<br />

action against Chevron in the United States, "as a point of leverage with respect to settlement<br />

[and] as a fruitful basis for discovery into the machinations of Chevron management vis a vis the<br />

Ecuadorian litigation." And that memo also reveals that the RICO Defendants do not intend to<br />

wait for judgments in their proposed enforcement proceedings: "Consistent with their aggressive<br />

approach, Plaintiffs' Team will look for ways to proceed against Chevron on a pre-judgment<br />

basis, largely as a means of attaining a favorable settlement at an early stage. Various laws and<br />

procedures within and outside the United States may permit attachment of Chevron's assets prior<br />

to successful recognition of the Ecuadorian judgment."<br />

336. Nor are the RICO Defendants limiting their operations to the Lago Agrio<br />

Litigation. Donziger has stated that their intention is to "take legal fees we can earn from this<br />

case and, do more cases like this in different places with, you know, the same team, if possible."<br />

337. The RICO Defendants' extensive and wide-ranging scheme to defraud and extort<br />

Chevron, as described in this Amended Complaint, has already had a lasting and irreparable<br />

effect on Chevron. The RICO Defendants' false and misleading statements have been relied on<br />

by the U.S. courts, U.S. state and federal government agencies, Chevron's shareholders,<br />

investors, analysts, the media, and by the Lago Agrio court by means of its acceptance of<br />

Defendants' and Cabrera's misrepresentations and omissions and its failure to take meaningful<br />

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