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Contempt of court

MANHATTAN — A federal judge denied environmental attorney Steven Donziger's bid for a retrial on six counts of criminal contempt. Donziger was convicted in July of disobeying the orders of a federal judge in a case brought by Chevron accusing Donziger and his clients of obtaining a $9.8 billion verdict against the oil giant through fraud on Ecuador's court system.

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