EX PARTE APPLICATION OF IRAQ TELECOM LIMITED FOR AN ORDER TO OBTAIN DISCOVERY FOR USE IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 1782 FOR AN ORDER TO TAKE DISCOVERY FROM DECHERT LLP FOR USE IN FOREI et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: EX PARTE APPLICATION OF
IRAQ TELECOM LIMITED FOR AN
ORDER TO OBTAIN DISCOVERY FOR
USE IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1782
MISCELLANEOUS ACTION
NO. 19-mc-175
ORDER
AND NOW, this 9th day of October, 2026, upon consideration of Applicant Iraq Telecom
Limited’s (“Iraq Telecom”) Motion for Costs (ECF Nos. 59 & 62), and response thereto (ECF
60), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN
PART:
1. 	The Motion is GRANTED to the extent that Iraq Telecom seeks recovery of
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with the preparation of the privilege
log. Pierre Gergi Boutros Youssef and Mansour Farid Succar shall pay to Iraq Telecom $21,000
in costs associated with the preparation of the privilege log and shall pay to Iraq Telecom Iraq
Telecom’s reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the preparation of its November
24, 2020 Motion to Compel (ECF No. 20) and January 12, 2021 reply in support of the same
(ECF No. 27);
2. 	Within thirty (30) days of the entry of this Order, Iraq Telecom shall submit a
supplemental briefing regarding the amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees it seeks. The
supplemental filing shall include, at a minimum, an itemization of the fees sought, including the
identity and billing rate of each attorney or other timekeeper, the date and amount of time billed,
and a description of the work performed, together with such additional documentation as Iraq
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Telecom contends is necessary to permit the Court to determine the reasonableness of the fees
requested. Youssef and Succar shall have fourteen (14) days from Iraq Telecom’s submission of
its supplemental filing to respond or object to the amount of attorneys’ fees sought to be
recovered;
3. 	The Motion is DENIED AS MOOT to the extent it seeks reconsideration of the
Court’s November 5, 2021 ruling on Iraq Telecom’s Motion to Compel (ECF Nos. 50, 51).
BY THE COURT:
S/ WENDY BEETLESTONE
WENDY BEETLESTONE, C.J.
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