WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A New York law firm has reached a settlement with the Republic of Moldova, which allegedly owed it more than $180,000 for work on a high-profile case.
The Bukh Law Firm and Moldova filed their stipulation for dismissal March 27 in District of Columbia federal court, citing a recent settlement. Terms weren't disclosed.
Bukh sued Moldova April 26, 2022. The firm says it performed research, drafted legal documents and made court appearances on behalf of Moldova from November 2018 to March 2021.
Moldova went to court in 2014 when a Ukrainian energy company then known as LLC Energoalliance sought to confirm an arbitration award against a Moldovan state-owned utility.
An appeal vacated a $58,591,058.50 award, the lawsuit says, but Moldova never paid the Bukh firm the $180,715 it says it is owed. The Bukh firm dropped out of post-appeal representation of Moldova in March 2021 because Moldova stopped communicating with it and refused to pay its fees, the case says.