Liberian ship registry and ex-promoter launch mutual discovery process in US court battle
The Liberian ship registry and the consulting company which it hired to promote it have jointly begun a discovery process in a US court in an attempt to prove that the other party is at fault. [...] (229 words)
Hausfeld
Legality Holdings
Liberian International Ship and Corporate registry
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
LIBERIA 25/11/2021
Liberia's ship registry wins case against ex-promoter over fees
Legality Holdings demanded the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) pay additional fees for global promotion work but the US courts determined these demands were unfounded and ruled in favour of LISCR. [...]
LIBERIA UNITED STATES 06/09/2021
Liberian ship registry brings ex-Trump adviser on board to woo Washington
After a few months of bad press, the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry hired DLA Piper and David Peyman, a specialist in maritime compliance and former Trump adviser, to help boost its lobbying campaign in the US. [...]
David Peyman, counsel in DLA Piper's international trade practice. © Twitter/@FDD
Liberian president George Weah. © Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Weah keeps tight control of Liberia's ship registry and maritime diplomacy
The ship registry, which is Liberia's principal source of international influence and foreign currency, has always been jealously guarded by the country's leaders. George Weah, who has been in office in January 2018, is no exception. [...]
Liberia battles with former promoter of its ship registration scheme
Liberia, which has been ordered to compensate a consulting company which used to promote its ship registration programme, is counter-attacking before an American court. [...]
The Liberia-flagged 'Ever Glory' of Evergreen. © Jerry Lampen/EPA/MAXPPP
WEST AFRICA 08/10/2020
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has selected French engineering specialist Artelia to conduct a series of studies for its hydroelectric power project on the Saint Paul River in Liberia. [...]
Monrovia speeds up development of Gbedin Falls hydropower project
Liberia's Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) is seeking the [...]
Greenberg Traurig lends Monrovia helping hand
Liberia's finance minister, Samuel Tweah, has retained the services of [...]
UNITED STATES LIBERIA 17/10/2018
Cummings renews Cooke Robotham's contract Free
The unsuccessful candidate in Liberia's 2017 presidential election and leader of the opposition party Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander Cummings, [...]