Donziger: Criminal Case Must Be Dismissed; Firm Committed ‘Deliberate Malfeasance’

Mealey's (April 14, 2020, 2:13 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Steven R. Donziger, the attorney being sued by the U.S. government for criminal contempt related to a disputed $18.5 billion judgment he won against Chevron Corp., on April 10 filed a brief in New York federal court contending that the case should be dismissed with prejudice on grounds that the law firm appointed to prosecute him failed to disclose its attorney-client relationship with Chevron, which is “deliberate malfeasance and undermines any claim that the relationship is irrelevant” (United States v. Donziger, No. 19-561, S.D. N.Y.)....