The Republic of Guinea must face allegations in a U.S. court that it failed to pay the law firm Dentons more than $10 million in legal fees, a federal district judge in Washington ruled last week.
Dentons claims the Republic of Guinea never paid the firm for the thousands of hours it spent working on a large-scale mining and construction effort known as the Simandou Project. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth on Sept. 22 rejected Guinea’s arguments that it was protected against the lawsuit by sovereign immunity and the terms of its contract with the firm.
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