September 14, 2020
An attorney for Chevron Corp. foe Steven Donziger on Monday accused the judge overseeing Donziger's criminal contempt case of "flagrant bias" and potential misconduct while requesting she recuse herself from the case.
September 04, 2020
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska granted a delay Friday in the criminal contempt trial of Chevron foe Steven Donziger after last-minute changes in his legal team prompted one of the remaining members to protest that holding trial Sept. 9 would be a "travesty of justice."
September 02, 2020
Andrew Frisch, the New York defense lawyer who has been added back to the defense team of Chevron foe Steven Donziger in a criminal contempt trial starting next week, told a federal judge Wednesday there is simply no way he can represent his former client as their relationship is "beyond repair."
September 02, 2020
A former defense counsel for Chevron foe Steven Donziger has hired his own lawyer to fight the possibility he'll have to represent the disbarred attorney at a criminal contempt trial slated to begin this month, according to an email obtained by Law360.
August 28, 2020
A New York federal judge has disqualified two of the four lawyers who were set to represent embattled environmental advocate Steven Donziger in a September contempt trial, increasing the chances that Donziger's former lawyer will be called back to helm the defense.
August 26, 2020
Embattled lawyer Steven Donziger's former defense attorney may be ordered to come back to lead his trial next month if Donziger's current lawyer refuses to travel cross-country because of the pandemic, a New York federal judge warned this week.
July 30, 2020
New York environmental attorney Steven Donziger on Wednesday asked the federal judge overseeing his criminal contempt case stemming from a yearslong saga with Chevron Corp. over pollution in Ecuador to delay his upcoming trial in light of logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 08, 2020
A New York federal judge rejected environmental attorney Steven Donziger's attempt to disqualify the entire federal bench of the Southern District of New York from his criminal contempt trial, saying there was "no basis" for the unusual request and adding that Donziger's arguments in a related motion "border on the absurd."
April 16, 2020
New York environmental lawyer Steven Donziger pulled some star power into his battle with Chevron and a federal judge Thursday as a Nobel laureate and A-list entertainers joined his protest of an ongoing home detention.
March 13, 2020
A New York federal judge has denied a request from embattled attorney Steven Donziger for all Southern District judges to be disqualified from his criminal contempt case.