Government Waives Response As Donziger Asks Supreme Court To Undo Contempt Ruling

Mealey's (October 3, 2022, 10:42 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. solicitor general has waived the government’s right to file a response in the U.S. Supreme Court to a petition by embattled environmental attorney Steven R. Donziger, who seeks review of a lower court decision that approved the appointment of a special prosecutor who successfully pursued criminal contempt charges against him in the long-running saga of the Lago Agrio contamination lawsuit involving Chevron Corp....