Seven workers who had sued Imperial Pacific International for alleged labour rights violations and human trafficking have been awarded $687,794 in legal fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Northern Mariana Islands.-\u00a0Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona\u00a0<\/strong>has awarded $687,793.70 in legal fees to seven workers<\/a>\u00a0who were employed by former IPI contractors and subcontractors, MCC International and Gold Mantis. The workers filed a lawsuit against the companies in December 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In March 2019, amendment proceedings were filed against MCC International Saipan Ltd. Co. and IPI as defendants also added a forced labour charge under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a previous order, the federal court entered a default judgment in favour of the plaintiffs for $5,430,595.58, plus post-judgment interest and attorney fees of $5,915,595.98. IPI submitted an application for review, which was dismissed by the Federal Court and subsequently appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manglona stated: “The default judgment entered against IPI on May 26, 2021 shall be amended to reflect the amount of $5,430,595.58, plus $687,793.70 in attorneys\u2019 fees, plus post-judgment interest at the applicable federal rate on May 26, 2021.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona <\/strong>has confirmed that former IPI chairwoman Cui Li Jie must pay court fines totaling $42,200. According to Cui, the fees owned total $36,200 but the court\u2019s calculations come out at $42,200<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The courts have repeatedly found that Cui Li Jie violated<\/strong> court orders regarding electronically stored information or ESI. Cui is a witness in the lawsuit brought against IPI and its former contractors and subcontractors MCC International and Gold Mantis Construction Decoration by seven construction workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last December, Manglona had ordered Cui Li Jie<\/strong> to pay a daily sanction of US$200 per day<\/a> for failing to comply with the court order to hand over electronic data. The daily fine was later increased to $1,000<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seven workers who had sued Imperial Pacific International for alleged labour rights violations and human trafficking have been awarded $687,794 in legal fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands has awarded $687,793.70 in legal fees to seven former workers of Imperial Pacific International (IPI) contractors, stemming from a lawsuit alleging labor rights violations and human trafficking. This judgment adds to a prior $5.43 million default judgment against IPI. Additionally, former IPI chairwoman Cui Li Jie has been ordered to pay $42,200 in court sanctions for repeated violations related to electronically stored information.","focusai_entities":"Imperial Pacific International, MCC International, Gold Mantis, Ramona V. 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