January 03, 2017
Kazakhstan has urged a D.C. federal court to hold off on resuming a suit filed by two Moldovan oil and gas investors who are trying to collect a $500 million arbitral award that was recently affirmed by a Swedish appeals court, saying it will try to overturn the appeals court's decision.
August 05, 2016
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday ruled that her court has jurisdiction to hear a $500 arbitration suit brought by Moldovan energy investors against the Republic of Kazakhstan, but stayed the case while an appeal of the award plays out in Sweden.
July 07, 2016
The Republic of Kazakhstan told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that Moldovan investors who won a $500 million arbitration award over energy investments can't request that bond be posted should the judge choose to halt the proceedings since Kazakhstan never formally requested such a delay.
June 27, 2016
Moldovan energy investors on Friday urged a D.C. federal judge to avoid any further delays in considering confirmation of a $500 million arbitration award Kazakhstan owes over its alleged pressure on them to withdraw energy investments, while the country argued pending Swedish proceedings could render U.S. litigation unnecessary.
June 06, 2016
Kazakhstan urged a D.C. federal judge Friday to reconsider her rejection of evidence allegedly showing that a $500 million arbitral award Moldovan energy investors won from the country is tainted by fraud, saying the investors are playing a "shell game" to keep the evidence out of U.S. and Swedish courts.
June 02, 2016
Moldovan energy investors seeking to enforce a $500 million arbitral award against Kazakhstan urged a District of Columbia federal judge on Thursday to again reject what the country called new evidence of arbitration fraud by the investors, saying Kazakhstan didn't deserve "a second shot" at making its case.
May 19, 2016
The government of Kazakhstan asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to reconsider its bid to add evidence of purported arbitration fraud by foreign gas investors who are trying to collect a $500 million award, saying the court's rationale for rejecting Kazakhstan's effort missed the mark.
May 11, 2016
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday denied Kazakhstan's bid to add evidence purportedly showing that two Moldovan oil and gas investors used fraud to obtain their $500 million award from a Stockholm arbitration panel, saying it wasn't in the interest of justice to do so.
May 06, 2016
The government of Kazakhstan again urged a D.C. federal judge Thursday to allow it to present evidence of arbitration fraud by foreign gas investors who are trying to collect a $500 million award, saying the court should let it submit evidence and do fact-finding later.
April 26, 2016
Moldovan investors awarded about $500 million by a Stockholm arbitral panel after Kazakhstan allegedly hounded them out of their oil and gas investments asked a D.C. federal judge Monday to reject the country's request to add to its opposition to the award, saying it's another pointless delay tactic.