lawyer who settlement chevron reports prison

by Raegan Block Published 1 year ago Updated 1 year ago 3 min read

Steven Donziger, the environmental and human rights lawyer who won a $9.5 billion settlement against Chevron over oil dumped in Indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, surrendered himself to the federal authorities on Wednesday to begin a six-month prison sentence.Oct 27, 2021

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Why was Steve Donziger imprisoned?

Donziger, who was disbarred in New York last year, was found guilty of criminal contempt in July including for failing to turn over his computer and other electronic devices in connection with his long-running legal battle with Chevron Corp over oil pollution in Ecuador.Dec 10, 2021

What kind of lawyer is Steven Donziger?

human rights lawyer

Steven Donziger is a human rights lawyer who successfully sued Chevron in Ecuador for dumping oil and toxic waste in the Amazon, just off house arrest after nearly 1,000 days.Apr 26, 2022

Who is the judge in the Chevron case?

US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan was assigned as the judge. In 2014, Donziger estimated that the legal fees Chevron was paying to appeal had already exceeded $2 billion. In 2021, Chevron estimated its legal fees at nearly $1 billion.

What did Chevron do in Ecuador?

In 2011, an Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron to pay $18.2 billion for "extensively polluting" the Lago Agrio region in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Ecuador's highest court upheld the verdict a year later. However, it reduced the amount of compensation to $9.5 billion. Chevron never complied with the ruling.Aug 31, 2021

Who owns Chevron?

In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Chevron was ranked as the 61st-largest public company in the world.
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Chevron Corporation.

Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California
Total assets	US$239.54 billion (2021)
Total equity	US$139.94 billion (2021)
Number of employees	42,595 (March 2021)
Parent	Standard Oil Co. (1900–1911)

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What is Steven Donziger being charged with?

Donziger was charged in August 2019 with criminal contempt and placed under home detention to address concerns of flight risk. Five months ago, the judge found him guilty for “repeatedly and willfully” defying court orders.Oct 1, 2021

Why is Steven Donziger detained?

Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians.

How long has Steven Donziger been in jail?

Steven Donziger, who on march 28th will have been under house arrest for 600 days. Photograph: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn/The Guardian. Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians.

Who is Steven Donziger?

Photograph: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn/The Guardian. Steven Donziger, who on march 28th will have been under house arrest for 600 days. Photograph: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn/The Guardian. Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians.

Who was the judge in the Chevron case?

The decision hinged on the testimony of an Ecuadorian judge named Alberto Guerra, who claimed that Donziger had bribed him during the original trial and that the decision against Chevron had been ghostwritten. Guerra was a controversial witness.

Who won the Chevron lawsuit?

Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador. The company sued him in New York, and now he’s under house arrest. Sharon Lerner. Sharon Lerner.

Who prosecuted Donziger?

In another legal peculiarity, in July, Kaplan appointed a private law firm to prosecute Donziger, after the Southern District of New York declined to do so — a move that is virtually unprecedented. And, as Donziger’s lawyer has pointed out, the firm Kaplan chose, Seward & Kissel, likely has ties to Chevron.

When did the Texaco lawsuit start?

The twisted legal saga began in 1993, when Donziger and other attorneys filed a class-action suit in New York against Texaco on behalf of more than 30,000 farmers and Indigenous people in the Amazon over massive contamination from the company’s oil drilling there.

What was the impact of the Chevron case on the Amazon?

The Chevron case may be most devastating for the plaintiffs in the Amazon, who never received their judgment despite being left with hundreds of unlined waste pits and contaminated water and soil from millions of gallons of spilled crude oil and billions of gallons of dumped toxic waste.

Where is Steven Donziger?

The company sued him in New York, and now he’s under house arrest. Steven Donziger sits for a portrait at his home in Manhattan, N.Y., where he is on house arrest. Photo: Annie Tritt for The Intercept.