Judge Orders Discovery From Parties Involved In Arbitration Against Laos

Mealey's (November 24, 2021, 12:49 PM EST) -- POCATELLO, Idaho — A judge in Idaho federal court on Nov. 19 granted in part and denied in part a motion filed by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for jurisdictional discovery in its bid to enforce arbitral awards worth approximately $3.7 million against Idaho entities that it alleges are alter egos of the arbitral award-debtors, ordering discovery from the defendants who were established as involved in the arbitration but denying Laos’ other requests....