According to a new United Nations report, Ecuador is becoming a hotspot for transnational organized crime. Ecuador is also the site of the trial against Chevron, a lawsuit that has been marred by fraud and misconduct by the plaintiffs' legal team.

The business traveler is back in San Francisco. To the great relief of hoteliers and meeting planners, business travel has bounced back faster in 2011 than many expected it to do.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce condemns the growing trend of litigation finance. This article discusses the funding sources behind the fraudulent lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador

Chevron submits new evidence of misconduct by plaintiffs’ lawyers and Ecuadorian court in U.S. suit seeking to block enforcement and recognition of fraudulent judgment

49ers Continue to Fumble on Stadium Plans

An environmental consulting firm named as a defendant in a racketeering suit filed by Chevron Corp. over a landmark pollution lawsuit in Ecuador is continuing to work on another blockbuster case: the Deepwater Horizon oil spill investigation.

In a row of hotel rooms atop the Stud gay club South of Market, reporters are clacking swiftly at computer desks where beds used to be. One is writing a story on a gay politician running for the state Assembly in Los Angeles. An editor is designing a page for "The Best of the Gays," [...]

Correa's four years have resulted in slower GDP growth despite higher oil prices and political stability. An Ecuadorian presidential term is meant to last four years, even though no president has managed to spend that time in office since the mid 1990s. Rafael Correa, beneficiary of an extra two years, has however now ruled for [...]

CPMC’s proposed plans to build two new hospitals at Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard and St. Luke’s should be applauded by San Franciscans, not criticized. In the midst of the approvals process, we must not forget that our city relies on CPMC as a primary provider of culturally competent health care and services. For [...]

The wide-open field. Ranked-choice voting. Public financing. The push for interim Mayor Ed Lee to run for a four-year term despite his vow not to. Whether the field of declared candidates could be any more boring. There are plenty of unknowns about November's mayor's race, and here's another wrinkle: how the state's redistricting process could [...]