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April 16, 2024
Atty Fights $268K Sanction Over Fake Newspaper Filing
A Seattle attorney ordered to pay $268,000 after being accused of filing a fake newspaper called the "The Saudi Sun" as a court exhibit wants the Ninth Circuit to overturn the sanction, arguing that it resulted from judicial misconduct and corruption.
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January 08, 2024
Atty Accused Of Filing Fake News Must Pay Chevron $250K
An attorney representing Saudi oil heirs against Chevron Corp. must pay a quarter-million dollars in sanctions for manufacturing a news article in an attempt to sway the Ninth Circuit, a California federal judge determined, denying the lawyer's request for a hearing.
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December 05, 2023
Atty Says Fake News Sanctions Deserve Due Process Hearing
An attorney who was hit with nearly $270,000 in sanctions after he was found to have manufactured fake news articles in a bid to influence an arbitration between Chevron and Saudi oil heirs told a federal judge this week he should have received a due process hearing before being slapped with the penalties.
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October 25, 2023
Small-Firm Atty Sanctioned Over Fake 'Saudi Sun' Newspaper
A California federal judge has ordered an attorney to pay $268,000 in sanctions related to accusations of creating fake news articles to influence a case, and the sanctioned lawyer responded by filing a letter saying he doubts the judge signed the order.
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September 29, 2023
Chevron's Sanctions Bid Steps Into 'Legal Fantasy,' Atty Says
A Seattle lawyer told a California federal court that it can't order him to pay Chevron more than a quarter-million dollars in attorney fees for concocting a fake news article during an $18 billion arbitration fight, saying the case is already closed, among other reasons.
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September 15, 2023
Chevron Wants $250K Fees For Atty's Fake News Article
Chevron wants a California federal court to order a Seattle lawyer to reimburse it more than a quarter-million dollars in attorney fees for concocting a fake news article during an $18 billion arbitration fight between the oil company and the heirs of a Saudi family.
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October 23, 2019
Saudi Heirs Take $18B Chevron Award Fight To 9th Circ.
Saudi families whose bid to confirm a $17.9 billion arbitral award against Chevron was denied by a California federal judge have appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit.
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September 24, 2019
Chevron Beats Saudis' 'Sham' $18B Arbitration Award
A California federal judge on Tuesday declined to confirm a $17.9 billion arbitration award against Chevron Corp. that the oil company has slammed as a "sham," ruling that the Saudi families that sought confirmation haven't proven the existence of an agreement to arbitrate and that, in any case, the court lacks jurisdiction in the matter.
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August 13, 2019
Dorsey & Whitney Needn't Share Docs In $18B Award Fight
Dorsey & Whitney LLP needn't turn over communications it had with Saudi heirs who dropped out of litigation to enforce a controversial $18 billion arbitral award against Chevron over oil fields, a California federal judge has ruled, rejecting allegations the law firm may have violated its ethical obligations.
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June 26, 2019
Arbitrators Can't Nix Convictions In $18B Chevron Award Row
An Egyptian appeals court has affirmed the convictions of two arbitrators in connection with a "sham" arbitration that resulted in a nearly $18 billion award against Chevron, which was issued following a dispute over a decades-old concession agreement to develop Saudi oil fields.