> He was also disbarred from working in New York in 2019, and has been in home detention since August that same year.
This was hitherto unheard of for a lawyer. He was not a flight risk, this was about punishing anyone who would sue large corporate interests.
The linked article is much better with salient details:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/28/chevron-lawy...
> In one of the stranger episodes in this saga, Chevron relocated Alberto Guerra, an Ecuadorian judge, and his family to the US, paid for his health insurance and a car while meeting with him more than 50 times before he provided testimony that Donziger discussed the bribe with him at a Quito restaurant. Guerra has since admitted that his testimony was exaggerated in parts, untrue in others.
> Donziger was made liable for millions of dollars in Chevron’s legal costs and the company was granted seizure of his laptop and cellphone. When he appealed this, claiming the devices contained sensitive client information, the judge, Lewis Kaplan, hit him with criminal contempt charges, upheld on appeal, that led to his house arrest.
Does that sound above board? Not like persecution of someone who was successful in securing a judgement against Chevron? Conflicts of interest somehow abound in such a critical case.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, being a powerful multinational company is a pretty good legal tactic.
[EDIT] I posted about this twice before as well, guess it was much more interesting this time.