{"id":32866,"date":"2022-08-23T05:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32866"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:37:43","slug":"temporary-restraining-order-against-ccc-extended-until-august-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/temporary-restraining-order-against-ccc-extended-until-august-24","title":{"rendered":"Temporary restraining order against CCC extended until August 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has extended the order against the Commonwealth Casino Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona<\/strong> has extended a temporary restraining order that prevents the Commonwealth Casino Commission<\/strong> from revoking Imperial Pacific International’s exclusive casino licence. The judge made the decision to allow time to consider a request from IPI to order compelling arbitration in its dispute with the regulator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the hearing, attorney Kevin Abikoff, representing IPI, said a casino licence agreement arbitration clause enforces arbitration of claims in enforcement actions.\u00a0However, according to assistant attorneys General Keisha Blaise and Alison Nelson, who appeared for the commission, IPI’s motion for compelling arbitration was moot <\/strong>since “nonbinding arbitration” had been available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Manglona said she will issue a decision by Wednesday, August 24. The temporary restraining order<\/a>\u00a0was originally issued on May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago,\u00a0Chief Justice Ramona Manglona<\/strong>\u00a0ordered Clear Management to proceed with its auction of IPI assets starting\u00a0August 30<\/strong>. The judge has granted a motion filed by seven workers to lift Imperial Pacific International\u2019s moratorium on the sale in compliance with a US bankruptcy judge\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seven workers<\/a> had sued IPI for labour violations and human trafficking. On May 26, 2021, Judge Manglona issued a default judgment in favour of the workers<\/strong> as well as post-judgment interest and attorney fees totalling $5.9m. IPI appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after its motion for reconsideration was rejected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Manglona has ordered IPI to object to auctions of items listed on Clear Management\u2019s website within two weeks. She informed the parties that any sale would require court approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, IPI reported it had signed a memorandum of agreement<\/a> with South Korea\u2019s IH Group<\/strong> to secure funding to help it reopen its casino in Garapan and pay some of its obligations, including payroll and outstanding payables to vendors. However, so far there has been no news regarding the agreement between the companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has extended the order against the Commonwealth Casino Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has extended a temporary restraining order preventing the Commonwealth Casino Commission from revoking Imperial Pacific International's exclusive casino license in the Northern Mariana Islands. The extension allows time to consider IPI's request for compelling arbitration in its dispute with the regulator. Concurrently, IPI faces asset auctions to satisfy a $5.9 million judgment for labor violations, while a previously announced funding agreement with South Korea's IH Group remains unconfirmed.","focusai_entities":"Ramona V. Manglona, Commonwealth Casino Commission, Imperial Pacific International, Kevin Abikoff, Keisha Blaise, Alison Nelson, Clear Management, IH Group","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Garapan, United States, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Arbitration Clause Impact","query":"What precedent could Judge Manglona's decision on compelling arbitration set for future regulatory enforcement actions against iGaming operators in the Northern Mariana Islands?"},{"label":"IPI's Financial Viability","query":"Given the ongoing asset auctions and unconfirmed funding, what is the projected timeline for IPI's operational solvency and its ability to meet outstanding obligations to vendors and employees?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[21613,24134],"class_list":["post-32866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-commonwealth-casino-commission","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32879,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32866\/revisions\/32879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}