Judge Allows Counsel To Withdraw, Delays Donziger's Criminal Contempt Trial

Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 12:48 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 4 postponed until Nov. 3 the criminal contempt trial of 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, and ruled that Donziger's former attorney would not be forced to return to his defense team (United States v. Donziger, Nos. 19-561 and 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....