August 30, 2016
Chadbourne & Parke lawyers attempting to withdraw from a lawsuit in which they unsuccessfully tried to annul an $800 million arbitration award against the Republic of the Congo told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday that their case "could not be more different" from that of attorneys recently denied permission to stop representing Nigeria in a similar dispute.
July 25, 2016
Attorneys with Chadbourne & Parke LLP seeking to quit their client the Republic of the Congo after failing to nix an $800 million arbitral award against the country told a D.C. federal judge they have little say in whether Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso shows up for a deposition.
July 22, 2016
A public works contractor seeking an $800 million arbitral award from the Republic of the Congo must be granted access to a bank's documents on a Boeing jumbo jet it holds in trust for Congo's state-owned airline, whether or not it can actually seize the plane, a Utah federal judge has ruled.
July 06, 2016
A Congolese government contractor on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal court to force the first lady of the Republic of Congo to turn over information that may help it locate government assets as the company attempts to enforce a €567 million ($629 million) arbitral award over allegedly unpaid public works projects.
May 02, 2016
Chadbourne & Parke LLP's lack of transparency while representing the Republic of Congo in a fight against a $770 million arbitral award warrants the firm being sanctioned for its client's failure to respond to a D.C. federal court's discovery order, a Congolese government contractor said on Monday.
April 22, 2016
Chadbourne & Parke LLP attorneys representing Congo in a fight against a $770 million arbitral award told a D.C. federal court Thursday that they should not be sanctioned for their client's failure to respond to the court's discovery order.
April 15, 2016
Chadbourne & Parke LLP attorneys representing the Congo in a case over a $770 million arbitral award stemming from allegedly unpaid public works projects criticized contractor Commissions Import Export SA in D.C. federal court on Thursday for unnecessarily dramatizing its bid to withdraw as counsel.
April 05, 2016
A Congolese government contractor on Monday called for sanctions against the Republic of the Congo for its alleged misconduct in a suit in D.C. federal court brought by the company over a $770 million arbitral award it won for unpaid bills for public works projects.
March 17, 2016
Chadbourne & Parke LLP attorneys continued their push Thursday to withdraw from representing Republic of the Congo in D.C. federal court in a dispute with a Congolese government contractor over a $770 million arbitral award ordered against the country for unpaid bills for public works projects.
December 17, 2015
A Washington, D.C., federal judge ordered the Republic of Congo on Thursday to turn over information about its assets to a public works contractor so the company can move toward collecting nearly $770 million it won in arbitration.