SDNY Sanctions Defendants for Failing to Produce Documents Despite a Conflicting Foreign Court Order | Practical Law

SDNY Sanctions Defendants for Failing to Produce Documents Despite a Conflicting Foreign Court Order | Practical Law

In Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, et al., the US District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed sanctions on an American attorney and certain co-defendants for failing to comply with an order to produce documents, despite an Ecuadorian court order prohibiting the release of those documents.

SDNY Sanctions Defendants for Failing to Produce Documents Despite a Conflicting Foreign Court Order

by Practical Law Litigation
Published on 21 Oct 2013 • USA (National/Federal)
In Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, et al., the US District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed sanctions on an American attorney and certain co-defendants for failing to comply with an order to produce documents, despite an Ecuadorian court order prohibiting the release of those documents.