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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.
Steven Donziger speaking in Quito in 2014 (AFP via Getty Images) ... arguing that to do so would violate attorney-client privilege. He was found guilty of contempt and spent 45 days in prison. The ...
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 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.
Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. was a class-action lawsuit against Texaco Petroleum.It was filed in 1993 by American human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on behalf of indigenous collectives in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
“You’re an environmental lawyer,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told Clark during an Oval Office showdown on Jan. 3, 2021. “How about you go back to your office, and we ...
A scene showing the strategy session of Donziger had been cut from the DVD release, but was included the online version for Netflix. The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed the scope slightly (Berlinger had to turn over 500 hours of outtakes, rather than 600), but in 2011 upheld the lower court ruling against Berlinger. [8]
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]