Ukraine to sue US companies over corruption
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Trout Cacheris, a Washington-based law firm, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, another US law firm, have filed a lawsuit against American companies in the federal court in Portland, OR, on behalf of the Ukrainian government and Ukrvaktsina, a state-owned company.
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