Nada v. United Arab Emirates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) HAZIM NADA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 24-0206 (ABJ) ) THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Hazim Nada and his privately owned oil company, Lord Energy SA (“Lord Energy”), brought this action seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from a number of defendants, including the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), a Swiss investigative firm and its founders and employees, a Swiss journalist, and…