Assertion: chevron | /r/CapableOf | launch retaliatory legal actions
Facets:
value: against their lawyers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against environmental advocates.[citation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against journalists
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against the plaintiffs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In turn, Chevron has hired several public relations firms and 60 law firms to advocate on its behalf and launched retaliatory legal actions against the plaintiffs, their lawyers, journalists and environmental advocates.[citation needed] Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore collaborated with Amazon Watch to release a series of animated videos portraying the extent of Chevron's retaliatory actions and the use of the RICO statute to "suppress free speech."[better source needed]