Mealey's (April 21, 2016, 9:41 AM EDT) -- SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A federal magistrate judge on April 7 denied the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (GOL)’s application to obtain discovery from casino owners and operators for use in private international commercial arbitration and a criminal investigation (In re Application of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for an Order Pursuant to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 for Leave to Obtain Discovery from Bridge Capital LLC, John K. Baldwin, David Jensen and the First Hawaiian Bank, Saipan, MP for Use in Foreign Proceedings, No. 1:15-MC-00018, D. North Mariana Islands; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47998)....