Lago Agrio oil field US attorney, Steven Donziger, had used "corrupt means," including payment of almost US$300,000 in bribes, to obtain the 2011 court verdict in Ecuador. The judge did not rule on the underlying issue of environmental damages. While the US ruling does not affect the decision of the court in Ecuador, it has blocked efforts to collect damages from Chevron in US courts. Donziger and the two Ecuadorian defendants appealed, and on August 8, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment against them in all respects. In September 2018, the District of Columbia
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