lawyer who won billion against chevron

What happened to the lawyer who sued Chevron?

Oct 28, 2021 · Oct. 27, 2021 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...

Is the Chevron case bad news for climate activists?

Jul 26, 2021 · A federal judge on Monday found a former lawyer who secured a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron guilty on six misdemeanor criminal contempt charges, the culmination of a legal case that has ...

Is Kaplan’s lawyer tied to Chevron?

Jul 26, 2021 · Lawyer Steven Donziger found guilty of withholding evidence in Chevron case Lawyer now faces six months in jail following a decades-long battle against the oil company Steven Donziger, a lawyer who...

Did Donziger win his case against Chevron?

Oct 27, 2021 · Lawyer Who Won $9.5 Billion Settlement Against Chevron Reports to Prison. 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.

Who won the Chevron vs Ecuador case?

In 2014, U.S federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled that the Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron "was the product of fraud." Guerra—who received cash and benefits from Chevron totaling $2 million, according to Donziger—later admitted he lied about the bribery, but the case continued.Aug 31, 2021

Is Steven Donziger still in jail?

(Reuters) - Attorneys for environmental lawyer Steven Donziger said Thursday that he is serving the remainder of a six-month sentence for contempt of court at home under a pandemic-era early release program.Dec 10, 2021

Why did Chevron Sue Steven Donziger?

Donziger and other attorneys filed suit against Texaco in 1993 on behalf of more than 30,000 indigenous people and farmers in the Amazon. The case was filed in New York since the company was based in the U.S., but Texaco wanted to move the case to Ecuador where the legal system doesn't involve juries.Nov 4, 2021

Is Steven Donziger legit?

Donziger “has been found guilty of egregious professional misconduct” in connection with the Ecuadorian environmental lawsuit he led as an attorney against Chevron, said the Appellate Division, First Department while disbarring him.

Where is Steven Donziger being held?

Late Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Donziger turned himself in to a federal prison in Danbury, Conn., where he will serve his six-month sentence. He had already spent more than 800 days under home detention after the court cited flight-risk concerns, his lawyer, Ronald L. Kuby, said on Wednesday.Oct 27, 2021

What did Chevron do to Donziger?

A judge refused to grant him bail, deeming him “a flight risk” with “connections in Ecuador.” Here, briefly, is some background: In 2013, Donziger and his allies won a victory in Ecuadorian courts that required Chevron to clean up 1,700 square miles of polluted rainforest, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.Jan 27, 2022

Is Chevron still in Ecuador?

Chevron has never operated in Ecuador. Texaco Petroleum (TexPet), which became a subsidiary of Chevron in 2001, was a minority partner in an oil-production consortium in Ecuador along with the state-owned oil company, Petroecuador, from 1964 to 1992.

Did Chevron clean up Ecuador?

Chevron has never cleaned up the mess it inherited, and its oil wastes continue to poison the rainforest ecosystem. Today, Chevron is a corporate criminal on the run. It has been found liable by Ecuadorian courts and ordered to pay $9.5 billion.

What is the Donziger trial?

NEW YORK—Disbarred attorney Steven Donziger was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for contempt of court after a federal judge concluded that he willfully violated orders stemming from a three-decade-long legal crusade against Chevron Corp. over pollution in the Ecuadorean rainforest.Oct 1, 2021

Who won the Chevron case?

Few news outlets covered the detention of Steven Donziger, who won a multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador against Chevron over the massive contamination in the Lago Agrio region and has been fighting on behalf of Indigenous people and farmers there for more than 25 years.

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.

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.

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.

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.