Rusal Loses U.K. Case to Reveal Norilsk’s Law Firm Documents
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United Co. Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminum company, lost a U.K. lawsuit in which it sought to force the New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to turn over documents to aid its fight for control of competitor OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel.
The law firm, which represents Norilsk and Rusal’s opponent in the battle, Interros Holding Co. and its billionaire chairman Vladimir Potanin, can’t be made to reveal the papers because the request is “an abuse of process of the court,” Judge Michael Tugendhat ruled today at the High Court in London.