March 02, 2017
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday won its request to hold off on handing over Royal Dutch Shell documents related to planned environmental and human rights litigation abroad, when a New York judge put the document order on hold pending the firm's appeal.
February 13, 2017
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Monday urged a New York federal judge to stay a Jan. 24 order compelling the firm to turn over Royal Dutch Shell documents for planned litigation against the energy giant in the Netherlands while the firm appeals the decision to the Second Circuit.
December 20, 2016
A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP to fork over a trove of Royal Dutch Shell documents to noted Nigerian environmental and human rights plaintiff Esther Kiobel for her use in planned litigation against the energy giant in the Netherlands.