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  1. December 11, 2017

    Investors Can't Revive Baker Botts Subpoena In Yukos Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge refused Saturday to reconsider Yukos Oil Co. shareholders' request to subpoena a Baker Botts partner as part of efforts to revive a $50 billion arbitration award against Russia, spurning the shareholders' efforts at "rehashing already rejected or unpursued arguments."

  2. October 30, 2017

    Investors Try To Revive Baker Botts Subpoena In Yukos Suit

    Yukos Oil Co. shareholders looking to subpoena a Baker Botts partner as part of a bid to revive a $50 billion arbitral award against Russia took another shot at a D.C. federal court's initial rejection of their request, arguing Baker Botts failed to demonstrate it is onerous and shielded by privilege.

  3. October 10, 2017

    Baker Botts Argues Privilege For Docs In $50B Yukos Row

    Baker Botts LLP and one of its partners told a D.C. federal judge Friday not to revive efforts by a group of former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders to launch discovery against them related to the investors' appeal of more than $50 billion in arbitral awards, reiterating that the request raised privilege issues.

  4. September 11, 2017

    No Baker Botts Privilege In $50B Row: Yukos Shareholders

    A group of former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders urged a D.C. federal judge to revive their attempts to start discovery against Baker Botts LLP and one of its partners in their appeal of more than $50 billion in arbitral awards abroad, saying Friday the firm can’t win on attorney-client privilege it never invoked.

  5. August 20, 2017

    Yukos Investors Lose Bid To Subpoena Baker Botts

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday shut down a bid by former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders to force Baker Botts LLP and one of its partners to turn over evidence the shareholders intended to use in their appeal to revive $50 billion in arbitral awards, saying discretionary factors weighed against granting the petition.

  6. June 23, 2017

    Baker Botts Given Chance To Respond In $50B Yukos Row

    A D.C. federal judge Friday denied a bid by former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders looking to revive $50 billion arbitral awards to issue subpoenas to a Baker Botts partner without giving him a chance to fight them first, though a similar application in California relating to an Armenian attorney passed muster Thursday.

  7. June 20, 2017

    Yukos Investors Want To Subpoena Attys In $50B Awards Row

    Former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders looking to revive $50 billion in arbitral awards against Russia on Monday asked courts in Washington, D.C., and California to help them obtain evidence from two lawyers — including a Baker Botts partner — who they say helped Russia manipulate Armenian courts into issuing favorable judgments that influenced related Dutch proceedings.

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