Iraqi Companies, Owner Can Obtain Discovery From Firm For Arbitration, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 9, 2023, 11:30 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on March 8 granted motions to intervene and obtain discovery from a law firm filed by two Iraqi companies and their owner, who are accused in a pending international arbitration of defrauding an investor of $800 million, finding the movants entitled to the same discovery that was previously issued to the investor and declining to retroactively apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on discovery for foreign tribunals....