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Chevron Oil Pollution Case Could Destroy a Major Corporate Law Firm Merger
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Update, 5:55 p.m.: In a court filing late on May 22, Patton Boggs asked Judge Kaplan to reject Steven Donziger’s objection to the settlement. Donziger’s objective, according to Patton Boggs, “is simply to generate publicity and cast a cloud over Patton Boggs.” The law firm denied any ethical impropriety in dropping its Ecuadorian clients and withdrawing from the case.
The Chevron oil pollution litigation in Ecuador continues to generate acrimony and confusion in American legal circles.