Michael D Goldhaber

November 05, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Testifying in the oil giant's fraud trial against Steven Donziger, Kohn, Swift & Graf's Joseph Kohn recalled telling Donziger to "come clean" about alleged shenanigans leading to a $19 billion judgment against Chevron.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

November 04, 2013 | National Law Journal

The star witness in Chevron Corp.'s mega tort counter trial has been Alberto Guerra, a former Ecuadorian judge now living in an unprecedented private witness protection program funded by Chevron.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

3 minute read

November 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

As soon as he discovered the truth in Ecuador, a Constantine Cannon lawyer felt compelled by legal ethics to drop Steven Donziger as a client—raising questions about those who didn't.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

November 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Spurned here, U.S. nonpracticing entities eye Europe.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read

October 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Week Two of Chevron Corporation's mega-tort countertrial completed the testimony of its star witness, Alberto Guerra, a former Ecuadorian judge who is now living in an unprecedented private witness protection program funded by Chevron.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

October 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Twenty years of litigation. A $19 billion judgment. Sixty law firms and 2,000 legal professionals — and that's just on one side. Chevron in Ecuador can plausibly claim to be the messiest case since Jarndyce sued Jarndyce.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

September 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Reneging on deals can be costly. Kuwait found that out the hard way when an arbitral tribunal ordered Petrochemical Industries Corporation (PIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, to pay nearly $2.5 billion to its former joint venture partner, The Dow Chemical Company.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

15 minute read

July 30, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A long-awaited primer on law firm human rights is finally out.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

June 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer

How we compile the data.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Splitting Abbott Labs in half was an undertaking of historic proportions: The Wachtell team had to spin off and finance a brand-new $54 billion pharma giant.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

19 minute read