Donziger Criminal Contempt Trial Postponed To January Due To Video Platform Issues

Mealey's (November 10, 2020, 1:26 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Nov. 7 delayed until January 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, after counsel for the United States consented to a motion to delay filed by Donziger’s attorney, who argued that the video platform the court planned to use for the trial was “unreliable” (United States v. Steven Donziger, Nos. 19-cr-561 and 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....