Courts

Application by Ibiuna Crédito Gestão de Recursos Ltda., Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros XXXII S.A., and Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros S.A. to take discovery from American Airlines Group, Inc., Bank of America Corp., and Amarillo National Bancorp, Inc. for use in "foreign civil and criminal proceedings pending in Brazil concerning the business operations of Starbucks and Subway in that country, held through the SouthRock Group, a group of U.S. and Brazilian companies controlled and owned by Kenneth Steven Pope", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Fifth Third Bank regarding an account in the name of Falcon Group Tech - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Greece - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from unidentified banks - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from San Marino - for a criminal investigation into "the flow of funds tied to corruption, embezzlement, and money laundering by Ignacio De Jesus Galindo Molina and other Venezuelan, Italian, and San Marino citizens, including through Sammarinese and United States companies".

Application by Sempre Fideles, of Saint Luci, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, and U.S. Bancorp for use in legal proceedings in Saint Lucia against Reliant Group & Casualty Insurance ICC, Ltd., Outdoor Living Inc., Cosmo Import and Export LLC, and Geneva International Insurance Inc., filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Cargill Financial Services International Inc. and CFSIT Inc. to take discovery from Doehler Juice Solutions Inc., Doehler North America Inc., and Doehler USA Inc. "for use in an ongoing cross-border multi-proceeding litigation brought by the Cargill Applicants to recover approximately $124 million in debts owed to the Cargill Applicants by Taras Barshchovskiy", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and PNC Bank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Serbia - for a criminal investigation into "Radisav Radović and others for drug trafficking offenses" involving "South America, Aruba, Greece, Western Europe and Serbia".

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Singapore by Chen Li shan, as the Foreign Representative of Deelish Brands Pte. Ltd., which "was in the business of managing cafés", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Foreign Judgment Registration in the amount of BRL 7,540,709 in Banco Votorantim S.A., of São Paulo, Brazil v. Kenneth Steven Pope, Starbucks Brasil Comércio de Cafés Ltda., Brazil Airport Restaurante S.A., and SouthRock Capital Ltda., all of São Paulo, Brazil, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Complaint in Nan Liu, Hao Liu, and Guangxiang Xu, all of China, directly and derivatively on behalf of EB-5 SF Investment Limited Partnership and derivatively on behalf of SF Hotel Investors, LLC, v. EB5 Global SF LLC, SF Hotel Investors LLC, MiMA Real Estate Partners I LLC, Renoir HM LLC, Proper Hospitality LLC, Kor Realty Group LLC, Brad Korzen, Kelly Wearstler, Alex Samek, and Brian DeLowe at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Ibiuna Crédito Gestão de Recursos Ltda., described as "an independent asset management firm"; Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros XXXII S.A., described as "a company that specializes in securitization", and Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros S.A. to take discovery from Riata Corporate Group LLC, described as "an oil & gas company founded in 1985 by Mr. Noah Mallone Mitchell", Mr. Pope’s uncle for use in "foreign civil and criminal proceedings pending in Brazil concerning the business operations of Starbucks and Subway in that country, held through the SouthRock Group, a group of U.S. and Brazilian companies controlled and owned by Kenneth Steven Pope", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Paypal Holdings, Inc. regarding an "account held in the name of 'Christopher Morales-Callejas'" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown perpetrator(s) for fraud" in which "a German citizen contacted the unidentified perpetrator(s) to purchase access to the child pornographic content" that was being offered "on two widely available social media platforms" and transferred funds.

Petition to Enforce Arbitration Award in Panamax International Shipping Company Ltd., of the Marshall Islands v. AAT Global Ltd., of Hong Kong, and Himadri Specialty Chemicals Ltd., of India, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited, of the Bahamas v. M/V Retriever, described as "a yacht registered under the flag of the Republic of the Cayman Islands", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Patrick McKillen and Hume Street Management Consultants Limited, both of Ireland, to take discovery from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani, described as "the former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Qatar", for use in legal proceedings in France "related to the development of a luxury hotel at 231, Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, France", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Espirito Santo Bank, now Brickell Bank; Total Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, and FlexFunds ETP LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - for a criminal investigation into Raúl Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Gorrin Belisario, Luis Fernando Vuteff Garcia, and Jose Vicente Amparan Croquer for the suspected laundering of "hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars and/or Euros in profits" from an alleged bribery scheme involving Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., a.k.a., PDVSA, described as "Venezuela's state-owned oil company", some of which was allegedly launder "by purchasing real estate in Spain in the name of shell companies via real estate bonds".

Complaint alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement in Interdate S.A. and Be2 Sarl, both of Luxembourg, which "online dating and matchmaking services" v. Arkose Labs Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "a years-long pattern of fraud perpetrated on the lenders of hundreds of millions of dollars of debt by a group of entities operating under the domination and control of Defendants Josh Wander, Steven Pasko, and Kenneth King" in Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, described as "a London-based asset management company which focuses on granting institutional investors access to insurance-related risks", and Leadenhall Life Insurance Linked Investments Fund Plc, described as "an investment company organized as a public limited company under the laws of Ireland" v. Josh Wander, Steven Pasko, Kenneth King, 777 Partners LLC, 600 Partners LLC, SPLCSS III LLC, Signal SML 4 LLC, Insurety Agency Services LLC, Dorchester Receivables II LLC, SuttonPark Capital LLC, Signal Medical Receivables LLC, Insurety Capital LLC, SuttonPark Servicing LLC, Signal Servicing LLC, Insurety Servicing LLC, and Advantage Capital Holdings LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Order of Dismissal For Lack of Prosecution in Michael Walding, Jr. and Tyler Handley v. Kristina Anne Charles-Jones, a.k.a. Krissy Jones, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Huntington Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Denmark - for use in a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for aggravated fraud".

Complaint in BC Insurance SA, of Switzerland, on its own behalf and as placing brokers and agents for Eurobulk Ltd. v. Redbridge Insurance Company Ltd., of Barbados, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Município de Mariana, in Brazil, and 730,000 other claimants to take discovery from Thomas DeGeorgio and Sondra Sultemeier for use in legal proceedings in England against BHP Group (UK) Ltd. and BHP Group Ltd. regarding the collapse of the Fundão Dam, near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, causing "the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Município de Mariana, in Brazil, and 730,000 other claimants to take discovery from Rene Mendoza for use in legal proceedings in England against BHP Group (UK) Ltd., formerly BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Group Plc, and BHP Group Ltd. regarding the collapse of the Fundão Dam near Belo Horizonte, in eastern Brazil, "unleashing the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Richard Williams, of Deloitte Restructuring Inc., as the Foreign Representative of Antamex Industries ULC, described as being "in the business of designing, engineering, manufacturing, and installing custom, modular glass façade solutions for multi-story buildings", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Canada.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Peter Chisholm, of Ernst & Young, as the Foreign Representative of Hunterwood Technologies USA Ltd., whose "principal business was the design and manufacture of agricultural machines that compress baled and loose hay into mid-to-high density bales", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Criminal Judgment in USA v. Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint for a declaratory judgment in One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, L.P., of the Cayman Islands; One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and One Thousand & One Voices Management, LLC, of Delaware, USA, all of which are "managed and controlled solely by Hendrik Jordaan", a citizen of South Africa v. Africa Investments LLC and TIP Founders LLC, both of whose controlling person was identified as John Coors, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recognize and enforce a money judgment that was adjudicated and rendered by Ukrainian courts against Defendants in the amount of USD $200,000,000.00" in Musaib Ismailovych Ismailov, described as a citizen and resident of Ukraine, and Akhmed Hadzhyiovych Bilalov, described as "a Russian citizen and politician" residing in New York v. Mykhailo Safarbekovych Hutseriev, a.k.a. Mikail Safarbekovich Gutseriev, a.k.a. Mikhail Safarbekovic, described as "a citizen of Russia, and a businessman"; Stanislav Kostiantynovych Kuznetsov, described as "a citizen of Russia, and a businessman", and PJSC Sberbank of Russia at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Jan Sahai, as the Foreign Representatives of Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited, CPL Canada Holdco Limited, Contract Pharmaceutials Limited Canada, Glasshouse Pharmaceuticals Limited Canada, and Glasshouse Pharmaceuticals LLC, described as being part of a group that "specializes in the development, manufacturing, packaging, filing and testing of non-sterile liquid and semi-solid pharmaceutical and regulated over-the-counter products, and also provides laboratory services that include materials, product release and stability testing as well as product development services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Consent Judgment and Order in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Andrew McAlpine at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Complaint in Sunset Growth Partners Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Multi Social LLC and Does 1-10 at the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles, USA.

Complaint alleging "deceptive advertising and misinformation" that "posed a risk to public health and safety" in USA v. Razer Inc., of the Cayman Islands; Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, Razer USA Ltd., and Razer Health Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Ital Brokers S.p.A., of Genoa, Italy v. Redbridge Insurance Company Ltd., of Barbados, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "wholesale acts of fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice, perjury, subornation of perjury, substantive violations of RICO, conspiracy to commit acts in violation of RICO, and other misconduct" in Frank Corsini, Liberty-CITIC Energy Cayman Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Liberty ECO Energy LLC v. Dentons US LLP, Edward J. Reich, James M. Costan, Jeffrey S. Geron, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Christopher Green, Ian Dumain, and William Ohlemeyer at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Gerrie Kotze, as the Foreign Representative of Teal Jones Holdings Ltd., Columbia River Shake & Shingle, Teal-Jones Aviation GP Ltd., Teal Cedar Products Ltd., Teal-Jones Aviation Limited Partnership, Teal-Jones Group, Pine Products, LLC, Teal Jones Holdings USA Inc., Teal Jones Dry Kilns, LLC, Teal Jones Lumber Sales, LLC, Potomac Supply, LLC, Teal Jones Lumber, LLC, Greentree Lumber Company, LLC, Teal Jones Lumber Services Inc., and Teal Jones Louisiana Holdings LLC, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint "about regulatory overreach, the ambition of the administrative state to control innovative technologies, and elementary principles of fairness and due process" in Consensys Software Inc., described as "a software developer whose business centers on a blockchain network called Ethereum" v. Gary Gensler, Caroline A. Crenshaw, Jaime Lizarraga, Mark T. Uyeda, Hester M. Peirce, and Securities and Exchange Commission at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Petition to Recognize and Confirm Arbitral Award in Álya Construtora S.A., of Brazil v. PDVSA Petróleo S.A. and Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., described as "state-owned entities created under the laws of Venezuela, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in Steven J. German v. Scout Law Group LLC, Scout Law Group Holdings LLC, Lex Capital Holdings LLC, 600 Partners LLC, 777 Partners LLC, Damian Alfalla, Joshua Wander, and Steven W. Pasko at the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa.

Second Amended Complaint in Orient Plus International Limited, of Singapore; Union Hi-Tech Development Limited, of the Marshall Islands, and Golden Genius International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Wenxiu Zhong, Sheng Gong, Yu Zhong, Zuohao Hu, Adam (Xin) He, Yue Jin, Yanjun Hu, each described as a citizen and resident of China; Univest Securities, LLC, The Benchmark Company, LLC, WestPark Capital, Inc., Friedman LLP, and Marcum LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Antoine Adams, as the Foreign Representative of Ted Baker Canada Inc., OSL Fashion Services, Inc., OSL Fashion Services Canada, and Ted Baker Limited, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award in Norman Intertrade Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Bon-Woong Koo, described as a citizen of South Korea residing in Los Altos, California, USA, and The Estate of Cha-Hong Koo at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Primary Development Fund (Cayman) SPC, of the Cayman Islands v. Robert Maxwell at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, USA.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by F. G. Savage and John Walters, of Begbies Traynor, as the Foreign Representatives of Miomni Sports Ltd., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.

Complaint alleging fraud in Translarity Inc. v. Grand Junction Semiconductor Pte Ltd., of Singapore; ZiFund, of China; Alpha Wealth Global Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Pacific Gate Advisors LLC, Robert Marassa, and Huan Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint "to recover significant investment losses suffered by investors who were misled by Defendants’ misrepresentations concerning the financial health of a major international bank – Credit Suisse – during a fateful week in March 2023 when that bank faced serious liquidity issues" in Palomino Master Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Azteca Partners LLC, of Delaware, USA, and Appaloosa LP, of Delaware, USA v. Credit Suisse Group AG, of Switzerland; Axel P. Lehmann, and Ulrich Korner at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint in TriLinc Global Impact Fund LLC, TriLinc Global Impact Fund - Cayman Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; TriLinc Global LLC, TriLinc Advisors LLC, TriLinc Global Advisors LLC, TriLinc Global Impact Fund II LLC, TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund LLC, TriLinc Global sustainable Income Fund International L.P., of the Cayman Islands; TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund II International L.P., of the Cayman Islands, and TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund III LLC v. RSM US LLP and Does 1-10 at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Complaint concerning "an arbitration agreement arising out of a contractual, commercial legal relationship" in Fourte International BVI Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Fourte International SDN. BHD, of Malaysia v. Fourte Industrial (Dongguan) Co. Ltd., of China, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint, by defendant Andrew Mart in JTC Skywave Investments Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Harald McPike, described as a citizen of Austria residing in the Bahamas v. Andrew N. Mart, Deanna Boies, Luminescence LLC, of Florida; Luminescence LLC, of Illinois, and Luminastra LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. to take discovery from Alpine Global Management LLC for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding Alpine Partners (BVI) LP's "dissent to the merger between Gracell, Grey Wolf, and AstraZeneca", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in MW Gestion, described as "an institutional asset manager based in France" v. Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company that "provides umbilical cord blood storage and ancillary services in the in the Beijing Municipality, Guangdong Province, and Zhejiang Province of the People’s Republic of China"; Ting Zheng, Bing Chuen, a.k.a. Albert Chen; Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech Precision Medicine Limited, of Hong Kong; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and KPMG Huazhen LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Israel by Abigail Jenkins, as the Foreign Representative of Gamida Cell Ltd., described as "a biotech company working to turn cells into powerful therapeutics that have the potential to improve outcomes for patients with blood cancers", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.