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Contempt Order

A federal judge granted Chevron’s request to hold a former attorney in contempt of court for not giving up rights to any contingent fee he earned representing indigenous residents of the Amazon who won a billion-dollar Ecuadoran judgment against the energy giant after he bribed the judge for a favorable ruling.

MANHATTAN – A federal judge granted Chevron’s request to hold a former attorney in contempt of court for not giving up rights to any contingent fee he earned representing indigenous residents of the Amazon who won a billion-dollar Ecuadoran judgment against the energy giant after he bribed the judge for a favorable ruling.

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