| Nigeria In
End Run Around MLAT Has Conflicted London
Lawyer Grilled in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 – The Federal
Republic of Nigeria is working
around MLAT and using 28 USC
Sec. 1782 to try to get
discovery against an entity
whose law firm, Kobre &
Kim, "has extended an order to
employment to a junior lawyer
in London who briefly trained
with one of Nigeria's outside
counsel."
On
October 22 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Paul A.
Engelmayer held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it.
Judge
Engelmayer wanted to know why
Kobre & Kim hadn't told
him abou the conflict issue
sooner. He urged the firm to
speak frankly with the
prospective or putative
employee. Then he asked if
Nigeria hasn't blown its
credibility with the
SDNY.
The case is The
Federal Republic of Nigeria et
al v. VR ADVISORY SERVICES,
LTD. et al., 20-mc-209
(Engelmayer)
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