February 03, 2020
A federal magistrate judge in Florida on Friday recommended about $210,000 as attorney fees for firms who represented defendants in a dismissed suit alleging a bribery scheme against Venezuela's state-owned oil company and its affiliates.
March 19, 2019
A Florida federal judge sanctioned a litigation trust set up by Venezuela's state-owned oil company Tuesday for failing to make two key witnesses available for deposition in its now-dismissed suit claiming an energy trading firm engaged in a bribery scheme that hurt the oil company.
March 11, 2019
A Florida federal judge dismissed a suit alleging a bribery scheme against Venezuela's state-owned oil company and its affiliates after ruling that the litigation trust that the company set up to bring the suit does not have standing to pursue the claims.
February 11, 2019
A Florida magistrate judge on Monday recommended sanctions against a litigation trust set up by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to lodge a bribery scheme lawsuit and said the trust should pay for costs incurred by the oil company defendants in setting up depositions with two witnesses that were cancelled at the last minute.
January 25, 2019
Boies Schiller attorneys representing a litigation trust set up by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to lodge a bribery scheme lawsuit urged a Florida federal judge Friday to reject the defendants' request for sanctions over alleged discovery violations, saying two canceled depositions were out of their and their client's control.
November 06, 2018
A Florida magistrate judge has concluded that the litigation trust set up by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to bring a suit over an alleged bribery scheme does not have standing to pursue the claims, and she recommended that they be dismissed.
July 06, 2018
The companies accused by Venezuela's state-owned oil company of participating in a bribery scheme urged a Florida federal court on Friday to dismiss the suit, claiming Venezuelan government officials, including President Nicolas Maduro, have acted in bad faith by preventing two witnesses from being deposed.
June 05, 2018
A Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday that an energy trader and one of its employees had not proved allegations of misconduct by Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PDVSA, in a bribery case it brought against them, but admonished its attorneys over an apparent lack of candor.
April 16, 2018
A Florida federal judge on Monday quashed dozens of subpoenas issued by Venezuela's state-owned oil company against defendants accused of operating a bribery scheme, and also said she would allow limited discovery on the issue of whether the company has standing to pursue its claims.
March 27, 2018
A group of defendants in a suit brought by Venezuela's state-owned oil company over an alleged bribery scheme slammed the oil company's injunction bid Monday, telling a Florida federal judge the company lacks standing because the Venezuelan legislature never approved its contract to pursue the claims.