• Chevron v. Donziger, 14-0826

    Publication Date: 2016-08-09
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Parker, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Caitlin J. Halligan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, New York, William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, on the brief, Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Steven Donziger, The Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger, and Donziger & Associates, PLLC.: Gregory A. Beck, Jonathan E. Taylor, Gupta Beck, Washington, D.C.; Justin Marceau, John Campbell, Denver, Colorado, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Washington, D.C. For Defendants-Appellants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Burt Neuborne, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae The Republic of Ecuador, in support of neither party: Eric W. Bloom, Lauren B. Schuttloffel, Eric M. Goldstein, Nassim H. Hooshmandnia, of counsel, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, 350 Bay Area, Center for Environmental Health, CT Citizen Action Group, Food and Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, The International Accountability Project, Justice in Nigeria Now!, Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas, Media Alliance, Pachamama Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, Rights Action and Sunflower Alliance, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Jonathan Moore, Terry Gross, Adam C. Belsky, Monique Alonso, San Francisco, California; Thomas Bennigson, Public Good Law Center, Berkeley, California, of counsel, Gross Belsky Alonso, San Francisco, California. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae International Law Professors, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Donald K. Anton, Canberra, Australia. Filed a brief as Amicus Curiae, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Robert Blakey, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Kate Comerford Todd, Tyler R. Green, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., of counsel, Christopher J. Walker, Columbus, Ohio. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Keith S. Rosenn, Francisco Reyes, and Raul Nunez Ojeda, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Aaron D. Van Oort, Jeffrey P. Justman, of counsel, Faegre Bakers Daniels, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Jurists, in partial support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard J. Holwell, of counsel, Holwell, Shuster & Goldberg, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, of counsel, Richard A. Samp, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Business Roundtable and International Law Scholars, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Roger P. Alford, Notre Dame, Indiana. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Richard Janda, Juan C. Pinto, and Carolina Cruz Vinaccia, in support of Defendants-Appellants: William B. Shipley, Genthod, Switzerland, of counsel, Jesse P. Levine, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae EarthRights International, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Marco B. Simons, Jonathan G. Kaufman, Michelle Harrison, Benjamin Hoffman, of counsel, Richard L. Herz, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Legal Momentum, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Elaine Wood, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Proposed Huaorani Intervenors, in partial support of Defendants-Appellants: K. Lee Crawford-Boyd, Los Angeles, California; Judith Kimerling, New York, New York, of counsel, Schwarcz, Rimberg, Boyd & Rader, Los Angeles, California.

    Case Number: 14-0826(L)

    Cite as: Chevron v. Do , 14-0826, NYLJ 1202764629838, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 8, 2016)CASE NAMEChevron Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven Do

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    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-13
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of David J. Gallo and David J. Gallo for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-06-24
    Court: Supreme Court of Texas
    Judge: PAUL W. GREEN JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-0049

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