{"id":777006257,"date":"2023-06-14T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006257"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:00:11","slug":"former-ipi-employee-seeks-participation-in-limited-receivership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-ipi-employee-seeks-participation-in-limited-receivership","title":{"rendered":"Former IPI employee seeks participation in limited receivership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An employee who has been awarded US$5.6m in a discrimination lawsuit wants to be included in the limited receivership proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Mariana Islands.- Joshua Gray, a former employee&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-ipi-employee-awarded-us5-6m-in-discrimination-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">who won a discrimination lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;against Imperial Pacific International (IPI), has filed a request with the federal court to allow his inclusion<strong>&nbsp;in ongoing limited receivership proceedings<\/strong> related to the case of USA Fanter Cor. vs IPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 30, 2023, the District Court for the NMI granted Gray a default judgment against IPI, followed by a judgment the next day awarding him US$5.6m.&nbsp;Now represented by attorney&nbsp;<strong>Aaron Halegua<\/strong>, he argues that joining the limited receivership should not be barred and that IPI no longer opposes the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mariana&#8217;s Variety, the joint stipulation submitted by the parties clarifies that IPI&#8217;s withdrawal of opposition and Gray&#8217;s participation should not be construed as a waiver of any other rights by IPI, nor as consent to any other execution efforts or enforcement proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief judge Ramona V. Manglona&nbsp;appointed Clear Management as the receiver in charge of selling IPI&#8217;s gaming equipment to fulfil a judgment to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cnmi-court-denies-motion-to-appoint-receiver-for-ipi-sale\" target=\"_blank\">USA Fanter<\/a>, which had sued IPI over unpaid work at its casino in the Northern Mariana Islands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clear-management-seeks-release-of-us21k-in-commission-from-ipi-auctions\" target=\"_blank\">Clear Management seeks release of US$21K in commission from IPI auctions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An employee who has been awarded US$5.6m in a discrimination lawsuit wants to be included in the limited receivership proceedings.<\/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":"A former Imperial Pacific International (IPI) employee, Joshua Gray, who secured a US$5.6m discrimination judgment, has requested inclusion in the ongoing limited receivership proceedings against IPI. This receivership, managed by Clear Management, was initially established to sell IPI's gaming equipment to satisfy a judgment for USA Fanter Cor. IPI has withdrawn its opposition to Gray's participation.","focusai_entities":"Joshua Gray, Imperial Pacific International (IPI), USA Fanter Cor., Aaron Halegua, Mariana\u2019s Variety, Ramona V. 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