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Steven Robert Donziger (born September 14, 1961) [1] [2] is an American attorney known for his legal battles with Chevron, particularly Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. and other cases in which he represented over 30,000 farmers and indigenous people who suffered environmental damage and health problems caused by oil drilling in the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador.
Donziger believesâ ¯Chevronâ ¯pursued claims against him personally in order to discourage this sort of legal action ever being taken again. “This paradigm terrifies the industry,” he says.
Steven R. Donziger [ edit ] In September 2021, shortly after Donziger was sentenced in a New York for petty contempt of court , the group determined that Donzinger's arrest was arbitrary and a violation of international law and called for his release.
In March 2014, United States district court judge Lewis A. Kaplan [19] ruled that the Ecuadorian plaintiff's lead attorney, Steven Donziger, had used "corrupt means," including "coercion, bribery, money laundering and other misconduct," to obtain the 2011 court verdict in Ecuador. The judge did not rule on the underlying issue of environmental ...
Steven Donziger (imprisoned 2019–2022): Donziger, who had pursued a series of legal cases against Chevron Corporation, was placed under house arrest for contempt of court. [79] The WAGD found that Donziger's house arrest was arbitrary on Category I (no legal basis), Category III (unfair trial), and Category V (discrimination). [80]
In a 2021 bench trial, Preska found attorney Steven Donziger guilty of six counts of criminal contempt; in a 245-page opinion, Preska said that Donziger had "repeatedly and willfully" defied court orders. He faces a maximum six-month jail sentence.
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Former producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Andy Lassner is weighing in on the controversy surrounding Allison Holker sharing personal details about late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss in her ...