June 27, 2018
A World Bank tribunal administering Lao Holdings NV's arbitration over Laos' alleged forced takeover of a hotel and casino near the Thailand-Laos border has said the tribunal will consider the Lao government's evidence involving corruption and bribery allegations against the company's president but is otherwise dismissing the government's latest evidence.
July 12, 2017
A company that claims a rival ripped off its investment in a Laotian casino — and fears its principal could be killed if required to return to Laos — saw its suit thrown out Wednesday by a Delaware federal judge who said an arbitration clause applies to the dispute.
July 18, 2016
A casino's majority owner claiming its investments were stolen by the Laotian government and affiliates urged a Delaware federal court Friday not to send the dispute to arbitration, saying the company's principal could be killed or imprisoned if required to return to Laos to testify.
June 22, 2016
A company hired to manage and sell a Laotian gaming resort urged a Delaware federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit brought by its majority owner, calling Sanum Investment Ltd.'s lawsuit nothing more than "an attempt to harass, intimidate and smear" its opponents because arbitration proceedings aren't going its way.
May 13, 2016
The Laotian government has been hauled back into arbitration before a World Bank tribunal over its alleged expropriation and planned sale of Sanum Investments Ltd.'s gaming and hotel complex located near the Thailand-Laos border, allegedly violating a 2014 settlement reached through previous arbitration proceedings.