Kazakhstan Seeks Discovery To Enforce Award Against Canadian Entity

(November 10, 2020, 11:15 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Republic of Kazakhstan on Nov. 6 filed an application in a New York federal court seeking leave to issue subpoenas to 15 financial institutions for use in enforcement and other prospective legal proceedings against a Canadian entity that was ordered to pay Kazakhstan’s costs and expenses incurred during the entity’s unsuccessful arbitration claim against Kazakhstan under a Soviet-era treaty (In Re:  Application Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. § 1782 For Discovery In Aid Of Foreign Proceedings, No. 20-mc-367, S.D. N.Y.)....