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Save The Date! July 18 Update on Developments in ATS Litigation
The Harvard Law School Alumni International Law Interest Group, of which I am co-chair (with Jennifer Cabrera of Cabrera Cammarota LLC), is hosting a discussion on current developments in ATS litigation. Our speakers will be Tyler Giannini, clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and clinical director of the Human Rights Program at HLS,…
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Lago Agrio: Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Donziger’s Counterclaims Against Chevron
Back in August, I reported on Donziger’s counterclaims against Chevron in the New York case. The magistrate judge has now recommended that Judge Kaplan dismiss the counterclaims in their entirety. Here was my description of the counterclaims for my prior post: Donziger begins with a retelling of the history of the Lago Agrio case from…
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Lago Agrio: Donziger finishes serving his sentence
Steven Donziger finished serving his sentence yesterday following his conviction of criminal contempt of court. Although it will come too late to affect his sentence, his appeal challenging the constitutionality of the proceedings, in which the government was represented by a private prosecutor as provided in Fed. R. Crim. P. 42 who, Donziger says, was…
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Lago Agrio: Chevron Seeks Default Judgments
In the Lago Agrio RICO case in New York, you’ll recall that the court entered a final judgment against Steven Donziger and against the two Lago Agrio plaintiffs who appeared and defended in the action, Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje. But there were many other LAPs who were named as defendants but…
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Doug Cassel on the Letter to the Special Rapporteur
Doug Cassel reponds to Aaron Marr Page’s post on the letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders. Aaron Marr Page is right that human rights defenders are endangered, but wrong to try to wrap Steven Donziger in the protective blanket of their moral credibility. Donziger does not remotely merit the support of…