Chevron: Judge Should Decline Magistrate’s Contempt Motion Advice In Donziger Case

Mealey's (February 11, 2020, 1:58 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Chevron Corp. on Feb. 10 filed a brief in New York federal court objecting to a report and recommendation in a lawsuit against Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron in a court in Ecuador for residents’ injuries only to have it reversed, contending that a judge should decline a magistrate judge’s suggestion to hold in abeyance a contempt motion against one of Donziger’s associates pending the resolution of Donziger’s federal appeals (Chevron Corporation v. Steven Donziger, No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....