PdVSA defendants lose bids to reconsider US discovery, dismissal rulings

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( October 20, 2026, 21:36 GMT | Insight) -- A US magistrate judge rejected motions for reconsideration from multiple prior judicial rulings against a former Venezuelan vice minister of energy and the ex-president of a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-run energy company in a long-running bribery and corruption case.A US magistrate judge rejected motions for reconsideration from multiple prior judicial rulings against a former Venezuelan vice minister of energy and the ex-president of a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-run energy company in a long-running bribery and corruption case....

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