Juan M. Sablan, the outgoing chairman of the Commonwealth Casino Commission, left the panel last Thursday with parting words that credits the casino licensee in the CNMI with the continued survival of the NMI Retirement Fund and its reincarnation as the Settlement Fund. At the...

Accusing it of acting in bad faith and of breaching the settlement agreement, the CNMI government came under fire from the lawyer of the NMI Settlement Fund, who slammed the government for refusing to recognize the Settlement Fund’s right to proceed on claims against the...

The CNMI government is settling the lawsuit filed by retiree Jesus I. Taisague, who questioned the constitutionality of the settlement agreement in Betty Johnson’s class action against the Retirement Fund and others. Assistant attorney general Jacqueline A. Nicolas and Taisague,...

Jesus I. Taisague and the CNMI government have failed to reach a settlement deal in Taisague’s lawsuit that questioned the constitutionality of the settlement agreement in Betty Johnson’s class action against the Retirement Fund and others. U.S. District Court for the NMI...