{"id":777009149,"date":"2023-09-12T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009149"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:11:31","slug":"ipi-opposes-ccc-motion-for-fees-and-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-opposes-ccc-motion-for-fees-and-costs","title":{"rendered":"IPI opposes CCC motion for fees and costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IPI has contested the CCC’s motion seeking US$100,000 in fees and costs incurred due to a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- Imperial Pacific International (IPI) <\/strong>has responded to the Commonwealth Casino Commission’s (CCC) request for US$100,000<\/a> in fees and costs related to a preliminary injunction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mariana’s Variety, IPI\u2019s attorneys said: \u201cPlaintiff respectfully requests that the court deny defendant\u2019s motion to recover fees and costs. Should the Court determine that some recovery of the security is warranted, the defendant\u2019s recovery should not exceed US$69,068.15.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2022, IPI sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the casino commission. The TRO aimed to prevent the CCC from convening an enforcement hearing that could revoke IPI’s exclusive casino licence.\u00a0The District Court granted IPI’s request for the TRO<\/a>\u00a0and instructed IPI to provide a US$100,000 bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPI also pursued an order compelling the commission to engage in non-binding arbitration with the American Arbitration Association and a preliminary injunction to prevent the commission from proceeding with license revocation without first entering arbitration. However, on October 21, 2022,\u00a0the commission appealed the District Court’s decision<\/a>\u00a0to the Ninth Circuit, which subsequently reversed the initial ruling.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit\u00a0ruled in favour of the CCC<\/a>, reversing a previous District Court judgment that had halted the regulatory agency\u2019s revocation of IPI\u2019s casino licence.\u00a0The appeals court mandated CCC to engage in arbitration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CCC states that it has spent over US$94,068.15 in arbitration expenses, administrative fees, payment to arbitrators, expert fees, travel costs and other associated expenditures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IPI has contested the CCC’s motion seeking US$100,000 in fees and costs incurred due to a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Imperial Pacific International (IPI) is contesting the Commonwealth Casino Commission's (CCC) claim for US$100,000 in fees and costs related to a preliminary injunction. This dispute stems from IPI's attempt to prevent the revocation of its exclusive casino license, which involved a temporary restraining order and subsequent appeals regarding arbitration mandates. The Ninth Circuit ultimately reversed the initial ruling, though it mandated arbitration.","focusai_entities":"Imperial Pacific International (IPI), Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC), American Arbitration Association, District Court, Ninth Circuit, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI's Financial Viability?","query":"What is the current financial health of Imperial Pacific International, and how might the ongoing legal costs and potential license revocation impact its long-term operational viability and debt obligations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent?","query":"What precedent does the Ninth Circuit's ruling, mandating arbitration while reversing the injunction, set for future regulatory enforcement actions and operator appeals in the Northern Mariana Islands or similar jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[24134],"class_list":["post-777009149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009149","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=777009149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009161,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009149\/revisions\/777009161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}