Amazon Watch the trial court judgment in a 222-page decision that documented the extensive and life-threatening levels of oil pollution at dozens of former Chevron well sites in the jungle. In all, eight appellate judges in Ecuador reviewed the evidence against Chevron and affirmed the judgment as well as dismissing Chevron's allegation of fraud. When Chevron refused to comply with the $9.5 billion judgment against it for contamination in the Lago Agrio oil field, the plaintiffs' lead attorney, Steven R. Donziger, attempted to collect the judgment in Brazil, Argentina, and Canada. Chevron then filed suit in the United States, and relying on
MTN $5.2 billion fine from moving its funds in Nigerian Banks out of the country. It was announced on 22 January 2016 that MTN would have until 18 March of the same year to reach an out of court settlement. MTN has engaged the service of Mr. Eric Holder, a former US attorney general to intervene in the ongoing slam of $5.2bn fine on the telecommunications company, which was subsequently reduces to $3.9 by the Nigerian government through NCC after much persuasion. He was hired by the MTN group because of his experience in corporate settlement.He served as US attorney general between the year