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Nine Congresspersons Demand the Department of Justice to Immediately Release Steven Donziger
“The Biden administration must send a clear signal that it stands with communities harmed by pollution and environmental destruction and the lawyers courageous enough to represent them and not the corporations.”
Law Students For Climate Accountability : Student Boycott of Gibson Dunn
On December 2nd 2021, members of Law Students For Climate Accountability (LSCA) launched a nationwide call for law students to boycott the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In a public sign-on letter and a video announcement, students described the boycott as a response to Gibson Dunn’s work shielding corporate polluters from climate accountability
Nobel Laureates Demand Justice for Donziger
On May 4th, 2021, 68 Nobel Laureates also sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General asking that the Department of Justice intervene. In November of 2020, 55 Nobel Laureates demanded judicial authorities end the persecution of Donziger and asked that he be released from house
arrest.
A Private Company’s Agenda Is Driving Donziger Case
Esteemed litigator William W. Taylor, III asks the Department of Justice to review the case against Donziger, arguing that Chevron’s agenda is driving the enforcement of Federal criminal law in a 22 page letter.
Monitoring Committee Demands Fair Trials
The Donziger Case Monitoring Committee (DCMC) launched in August of 2020 to ensure that the trials of the human rights lawyer in U.S. federal courts are conducted in a way that upholds due process, judicial ethics and the rule of law. Prior to the start of the trial, Judge Preska denied the monitors’ request for audio access to the proceedings. Read more here.
The True Story of Chevron's Ecuador Disaster
Over almost three decades of oil drilling in Ecuador's Amazon, Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into waterways relied on by local inhabitants for their drinking water. The result: A humanitarian and public health crisis affecting thousands of people who live in indigenous and farmer communities. Chevron has used every legal trick in the book to delay a resolution of the claims of the affected communities.
Criminal Charges in Contempt Case Are Excessive
Former U.S. district judges, Nancy Gertner and Mark Bennett, raise questions about the prosecution of Donziger and argue that“without the exercise of due care, one judge could be playing the role of prosecutor, judge and jury in the same case - something that would put due process of law at grave risk,” in this Law 360 opinion piece.