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Lago Agrio: Donziger Referee Recommends Reinstatement
The latest twist in the saga of Steven Donziger is a major win for the embattled lawyer for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. A referee has recommended that he be reinstated to the practice of law. I had previously written that I didn’t want to write about the case anymore because I find it too depressing.…
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Lago Agrio: Donziger Strikes Back
There’s a major development in the Lago Agrio case to report today. Steven Donziger has moved for leave to amend his answer to assert counterclaims against Chevron. Until now, Chevron has been almost entirely on the offensive in the US courts, making serious allegations of misconduct in Ecuador against Donziger and others, and in my…
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Book Review: Michael Goldhaber’s Crude Awakening: Chevron In Ecuador
I don’t know whether the timing of Michael Goldhaber’s new e-book, Crude Awakening, which came out shortly before Paul Barrett’s Law of the Jungle, was mere coincidence, but it is fair to say that for Steven Donziger, September is the cruelest month. Folks who have not been following the twists and turns of the Chevron/Ecuador…
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Judge Kaplan Dismisses Some Claims Against Donziger
Judge Kaplan issued two decisions in Chevron’s RICO action against Steven Donziger yesterday, and predictably, both sides found a way to spin the decisions as a success. Recall that the gist of the claim is that Donziger and others orchestrated a scheme to extort money from Chevron by bringing a baseless lawsuit in Ecuador, creating…