May 16, 2025
The government of Laos, as it attempts to enforce some $5 million in arbitral awards related to a failed casino venture, still has not proven that the case should be decided in U.S. federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, one of the companies owing the money said Friday.
April 03, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday shut down the government of Laos' bid to enforce some $5 million in arbitral awards against an entrepreneur who was not party to an underlying arbitration stemming from an ill-fated casino venture, saying the actual award debtors are the ones that should be targeted.
December 05, 2023
An American businessperson and his investment firms are hoping to escape paying a $3 million tab tied to an ill-fated casino venture in a lawsuit leveled by the government of Laos to enforce two international arbitration awards, arguing that the federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands lacks jurisdiction in the dispute.
May 12, 2023
The government of Laos has urged a federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands not to toss its suit seeking to enforce three foreign arbitral awards totaling $5 million against an American businessman over an ill-fated gambling venture.