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" ... As readers of this column know, in May 2019 Steven Donziger and his law firm were found in contempt of court and Chevron was awarded reasonable attorneys' fees against them. His law firm (essentially defunct now that Donziger has been suspended from the practice of law in all jurisdictions where, to our knowledge, he was licensed to practice) did not contest the contempt holding. Donziger himself did contest the holding, but his challenge has been deemed both "frivolous and deceptive" by United States District Judge Kaplan. And today, a ruling was handed down by Judge Kaplan granting Chevron’s attorneys’ fees motion in all respects, ordering that a money judgment be entered into in favor of Chevron in the amount of $3.4 million — the full amount Chevron had sought. This is in addition to two existing money judgments already entered in favor of Chevron and against Donziger earlier this year, for about $800K and $666K respectively, and in addition to the contempt fines payable directly to the Court which total somewhere between $3 million and $6 million depending on how they are calculated. ... "
" ... Finally, the Court also stated that the assignment order certainly applied to Ningbo, and that if Ningbo failed to take whatever action was necessary under the assignment order, including turning over any assets that it received which was covered by the assignment order, then Ningbo would potentially be subject to contempt. ... "
" ... One of them was “Operation Fast and Furious,” a gambit undertaken by the Department of Justice to sell firearms to Mexican drug cartel figures with the intention of demonstrating the supposed need for a greater crackdown on arms sales. Some of the weapons involved in this rogue plan were used in the gun battle that cost a border patrol agent his life in 2010. But when Congress investigated and sought information about Fast and Furious, Attorney General Eric Holder refused to turn over documents and was then held in contempt of Congress. That, however, had no impact at all. ... "
" ... This is not new. It’s common to look back on a year with either content or contempt, depending on your successes or lack thereof that occurred in the timeframe. It is only that now in 2020, most especially due to the coronavirus pandemic (and wildfires, intense hurricanes, racial reckoning, a divisive election, and more), it is difficult to wade through the potential successes with the extreme amount of heartbreak and loss. This has caused people to talk as if the year 2020 purposely did them harm. ... "
" ... While a spokesman for DeSantis told the Herald Lamb was hired for an “entry level” position, and was not working exclusively on Covid-19 data, the new hire has shown contempt for data-driven experts. ... "