FOLLOWING a joint stipulation by the parties, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI granted the request of Tang’s Corp. and Imperial Pacific International LLC for a protective order on Wednesday.
According to Judge Manglona’s order:
1) The production of privileged or work-product protected documents, electronically stored information or ESI, or other information, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a waiver of the privilege or protection from discovery in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding. This order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d).
2) Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall serve to limit a party’s right to conduct a review of documents, ESI, or information (including metadata) for relevance, responsiveness, and/or segregation of privileged and/or protected information before production prejudice.
Tang’s Corp., through attorney Mark Scoggins, sued IPI for nonpayment of a contractual agreement amounting to $230,623.53.
Tang’s Corp. also asked the court to order IPI to take possession of its property stored at Tang’s Corp. or to otherwise provide for its disposal.
According to the lawsuit, Tang’s Corp. and IPI entered into an agreement in 2016 to remove construction debris and landfill from the casino resort construction site in Garapan and store it for disposal at IPI’s expense.
But Tang’s Corp. said IPI has failed to pay amounts owed under the agreement.
IPI, through attorney Kevin Abikoff, has denied the allegation and asked the court to dismiss the complaint.
Abikoff said the plaintiff’s claims are legally insufficient and fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The bench trial for the civil litigation has been set for Nov. 17, 2022 at 10 a.m.
Ramona V. Manglona
