A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a judge’s decision to order attorney Steven Donziger to submit to a deposition and produce documents in connection with his alleged manipulation of the judicial system in Ecuador during environmental litigation against Chevron. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found no error by Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in orders he issued on Oct. 20 and Nov. 30 and later updated.
Chevron alleges misconduct by Mr. Donziger in its effort to defeat a lawsuit brought by Ecuadorian plaintiffs seeking billions of dollars for the environmental contamination by Chevron’s predecessor in Ecuador, Texaco, and prevail in an international arbitration case. The company claims, and Mr. Donziger denies, that he improperly influenced Ecuadorian officials and experts, and prodded authorities to seek criminal charges against two of the oil company’s attorneys.
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