Judge Won't Reconsider Order Of Discovery For Arbitration Against Lithuania

Mealey's (August 28, 2020, 10:51 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Aug. 25 denied a motion for reconsideration of a discovery order filed by the targets of the discovery request who cited a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision issued the same day as the court's order in arguing that "controlling law" had changed and would prohibit discovery for use in a Russian entity's arbitration against the Republic of Lithuania (In re the Application of the Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States, No. 19-mc-401, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153808)....