Judge Won’t Reconsider Order Allowing Discovery In Nigerian Oil License Dispute

Mealey's (July 20, 2021, 12:27 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware federal judge on July 15 declined to reconsider her earlier order allowing an Italian oil company to take discovery from Delaware entities funding a Nigerian law firm as it litigates an oil license dispute, writing that while litigation involving the parties in Italy recently ended, the oil company is still seeking the discovery for use in a pending international arbitration claim....