Judge: Attorney In Contempt For ‘Corrupt’ Effort To ‘Extort’ Money From Chevron

(May 28, 2019, 1:39 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. in a court in Ecuador for injuries only to have it reversed, on May 27 filed a notice of appeal in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging a district court’s ruling that held him in contempt for violations of a previous judgment that ordered him to assign and transfer to Chevron all rights to any contingent fee he has obtained or may obtain in the future (Chevron Corporation v. Steven Donziger, No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....

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