Phillip van Niekerk

Ex Parte Application by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited, of the United Kingdom, to take discovery from HarperCollins Publishers LLC, of New York, for use in contemplated proceedings in England regarding a book entitled "Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World" by "a British writer named Tom Burgis" that "is scheduled to be published in the United States on September 8, 2020" and which contains "privileged and confidential information that ENRC has reason to believe was unlawfully obtained in a multi-year conspiracy to leak and sell such information on the black market to ENRC's rivals and competitors", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

London-based mining firm Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation is seeking evidence from South African public relations consultant Phillip van Niekerk in the U.S. for use in its lawsuit against the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office for allegedly leaking details of a criminal investigation into bribery and corruption to the media.

Application by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited, of England and Wales, to take discovery from Phillip Van Niekerk for use in a lawsuit brought in England by ENRC against the Serious Fraud Office, of the United Kingdom, "that arises out of a series of leaks by the Serious Fraud Office of the Government of the United Kingdom in relation to the SFO's investigation of ENRC", which involves suspected bribery and fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.