October 29, 2021
A Moldovan gas and oil magnate has withdrawn his bid to seize a D.C. property in pursuit of his $506 million arbitral award against the government of Kazakhstan.
August 03, 2021
The Republic of Kazakhstan moved to protect its D.C. property from two Moldovan oil and gas investors seeking to enforce a $506 million arbitration award, saying the men falsely claimed that the building housed commercial offices.
March 22, 2021
A D.C. federal judge has nixed a bid to halt litigation in New York accusing a hedge fund of conspiring with Moldovan oil and gas investors to secure an allegedly fraudulent half-billion dollar arbitral award against Kazakhstan, leaving it to the state court to resolve whether the claims are precluded.
August 13, 2020
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed frustration this week in litigation filed by two Moldovan energy investors to collect a half-billion dollar award against Kazakhstan, saying during a conference that "you have to question the judgment and the lawyering that's going on on both sides."
July 09, 2020
A federal magistrate judge erred by imposing an "egregious" two-week discovery deadline with overbroad parameters, Kazakhstan said Wednesday as it continues to fight enforcement of a $506.7 million arbitration award to Moldovan energy investors.
December 03, 2019
A pair of Moldovan energy investors called on a D.C. federal court to sanction Kazakhstan for its "willful, complete, and continuing failure to obey" a court order requiring it to turn over documents as the investors look to enforce a $506.7 million arbitration award, plus interest, against the country.
October 29, 2019
A U.S. commercial space flight company has urged a D.C. federal court to deny a bid by two Moldovan oil and gas investors for information they claim may reveal assets that could be used to enforce a half-billion dollar arbitral award against Kazakhstan, saying such efforts would be fruitless.
October 22, 2019
Kazakhstan said Monday that a request from Moldovan investors that a D.C. federal court compel a U.S. commercial space flight company to provide information on Kazakh satellite launches contains a "litany of incorrect facts."
October 04, 2019
Moldovan investors attempting to collect on an arbitral award of more than $500 million issued against Kazakhstan asked a D.C. federal judge to order a U.S. commercial space flight company to provide information on satellite launches that could show the country has American commercial interests.
August 14, 2019
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday said Kazakhstan had not shown why it was necessary to block a discovery bid from Moldovan energy investors attempting to collect on an arbitral award of more than $500 million, expressing concern that the country is attempting to avoid its discovery obligations.