Chevron: Donziger Deposition Overseen By Special Master Needed Given Contempt Plan

Mealey's (October 30, 2018, 12:38 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Chevron Corp. on Oct. 26 filed a letter with a New York federal judge asking him to order Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against the company in a court in Ecuador for injuries, only to have it reversed, to sit for a deposition presided over by a special master given Donziger’s “stated intent to limit the scope of the deposition improperly” and risk contempt of court (Chevron Corporation v. Steven Donziger, No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....