Chevron V. Donziger: The Epic Battle For The Rule Of Law Hits The Second Circuit

Readers of this column are already quite familiar with this saga. In March 2014 I described Chevron's American counter-attack against attorney Steven Donziger, who had been lead plaintiffs’ lawyer in a massive suit against Chevron in Ecuador for pollution allegedly caused by Texaco (acquired by Chevron in 2001) in the Lago Agrio region of that country. Judge Kaplan had [...]