Litigation Funders Ask Court To Halt Italian Company’s Discovery Of Nigerian Ties

Mealey's (November 23, 2020, 11:03 AM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Entities affiliated with a litigation funder in a Nov. 18 motion urge a Delaware federal judge to vacate its earlier order and quash or modify an Italian oil company’s subpoenas to the entities for documentation of their agreements with a Nigerian law firm for use in a pending arbitration and in Italian litigation regarding a Nigerian oil license or, alternatively, to issue a protective order regarding any discovery obtained (In Re Ex Parte Application Of Eni S.p.A., No. 20-mc-334, D. Del.)....