Legal Opinion
Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 27, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2018-2109Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________ ) CHRISTIANA TAH, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 18-2109 (RMC) ) GLOBAL WITNESS ) PUBLISHING, INC., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION In 2013, a high-level team of officials of the Government of Liberia helped negotiate the successful sale of off-shore oil drilling rights to the ExxonMobil Corporation. The Liberian government then awarded bonuses of $35,000 from the proceeds to senior members of the negotiating team, including former…
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