Discovery

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Frasers Group Plc, described as "a British retailer group listed on the FTSE-100 (but majority owned by its founder, Mike Ashley)", to take discovery from James Patrick Gorman, described as "Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley", for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "a highly unusual US$995 million margin call that Morgan Stanley improperly imposed on Saxo Bank (and passed on to Frasers) in relation to certain options held by Frasers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Valentina Mata González, Alejandra Mata González, and Maryan Carolina Mata González to take discovery from Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, Zomma Group Management, LLC, Asia Condominium Association, Inc., Ponte S. Trinita Corp., One Tequesta Point Condominium Association, Inc., William J. Segal, P.A., and Hilda Josefina Medrano for use in legal proceedings in Venezuela regarding the estate of Ricardo Mata Fernández (deceased), filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Alessandro Leonardi, Alessandra Leonardi, and Anna Maria Zoni, described as "Italian residents who have been sued by the Struna Estate in the Court of Bologna, Italy as the surviving heirs (the Leonardis) and widow (Zoni) of Renzo Leonardi", to take discovery from Sotheby's Inc. and Iron Mountain Information Management LLC, d.b.a. Crozier Fine Arts, for use in legal proceedings in Italy regarding "a dispute stemming from a transaction in which the Applicants’ now-deceased patriarch, Renzo Leonardi, purchased a bronze Head of Fernande by Pablo Picasso from the now-deceased William Conrad Struna for $1 million dollars", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CBS Interactive Inc. and Boxing Acquisition Inc. to take discovery from World Boxing Council, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England in which "British heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte has sued the Applicants over two news reports published on the Boxing Scene website in July 2019, which reported on an adverse test result that Whyte received from UK Anti-Doping", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Cosimo Borrelli, as Joint Provisional Liquidator of Global Fixed Income Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Principal Investing Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Long View II Limited (in Official Liquidation), all of the Cayman Islands, and Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Brown Brothers Harriman for use in legal proceedings in England regarding the alleged "misdeeds of brothers Mutaz Otaibi and Hussam Otaibi, and James Wilcox, and abuse of their roles within the Floreat group of companies", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Ai Cheng to take discovery from Bank of America N.A. for use in legal proceedings in China against An Ning, a.k.a. Kelvin An, described as a citizen of China who "is a business-television anchorwoman and entrepreneur", for alleged "financial crimes related to a financial fraud perpetrated against Petitioner", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by HID Textile Services Sàrl, of France, to take discovery from Riccardo Mazzolini for use in "five foreign patent ligations" in France, Germany, and the Netherlands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Municipality of Mariana, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and "approximately 730,000 individuals, businesses, members of the indigenous and Quilombola communities, municipalities, faith-based organizations and utility companies that have suffered losses and damage because of the collapse of the Fundao Dam in Brazil" to take discovery from Margaret Beck for use in legal proceedings in England "against BHP Group Plc and BHP Group Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from Beno Salem for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations that "Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from GLAS Trust Company LLC "for use in ongoing and anticipated foreign legal proceedings against Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and their companies Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd." in Belgium, British Virgin Islands, England, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands alleging "a series of complex, multi-faceted fraud schemes engineered by the Statis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Victor Andrés Vargas Selman, Pablo Patricio Gutierrez Fuentes, and Santorini Capital LLC to take discovery from Merama Holdings LLC and Merama Inc. "for use as evidence in criminal proceedings pending in Chile", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by William Laggner to take discovery from Ricardo Salinas Pliego, described as "the third wealthiest individual in Mexico" who is "the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate", for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands involving a petition to wind-up crypto and blockchain firm Uphold Ltd. amid allegations that "Board members Adrian Steckel, James Chen, and former Uphold CEOs J.P. Thieriot, Anthony Watson, and Tim Parsa, in concert with Salinas, engaged in a series of unlawful and self-enriching transactions to the detriment of the Company and other shareholders", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Application by Lukoil Benelux B.V., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of America N.A., Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Santander Bank, N.A., and Credit Agricole CIB for use in legal proceedings in England "against Oil Distribution Terminals S.L., Biomar Oil S.L., Buran Energy S.A., Corporacion Financiera Kleber Iberica S.L., Mr Tirso-Jose-Maria Tomas Herrero and Mr Juan Antonio Molina Garcia", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Atiku Abubakar, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Nigeria", to take discovery from Chicago State University for use in legal proceedings in Nigeria against Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, regarding his qualifications and challenging the results of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Application by Veranova Bidco LP, described as "a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing complex active pharmaceutical ingredients", to take discovery from Ernst & Young LLP for use in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom "filed by Veranova against Johnson Matthey PLC, Johnson Matthey Investments Limited, and Johnson Matthey Incorporated", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Dolores Acevedo, Victoria Acevedo, and Rosario Acevedo to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Bank of America, and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication "for use in civil and criminal proceedings in Argentina" alleging the fraudulent concealment of assets belonging to the estate of Jorge Eduardo Acevedo, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by RH2 Participações Societárias Ltda., of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to take discovery from Koliver & Co. LLC and Edward Koliver for use in legal proceedings in Brazil brought against the applicant by "Koliver & Co. LLC and its Brazilian subsidiary, Koliver Consultoria e Participações Ltda.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Motion to Comply with Subpoena in Ilan Shor, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Moldova" v. Matei Dohotaru for use in Ilan Shor's appeal after being "tried and convicted of various offenses connected to the disappearance of $1 billion from three Moldovan banks in 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. to take discovery from Edmundo Pardo Rudi, d.b.a. Solomon Trust, for use in legal proceedings in Japan to collect on an alleged JPY 600 million judgment against Global Link Co., Ltd., filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Application by Iraq Telecom Limited to take discovery from Lime Rock Partners "regarding OilServ and its shareholders" for use in "an enforcement proceeding in the British Virgin Islands" against Sirwan Saber Mustafa Barzani, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Banco Sistema S.A. to take discovery from Julio Bogoricin Real Estate Corp., 58 West 87th Street Corp., 23 West 69th Street Corp., and The GRTB LLC for use in legal proceedings in Brazil alleging Julio Bogoricin, his wife, Rita Tora Bogoricin, and their son, Claudio Bogoricin, "set up a web of corporate entities specifically designed to fraudulently avoid their creditors", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. to take discovery from Aaron Soursdey & Associates for use in legal proceedings in Japan involving the payment for "large-scale renovation work of plants and other facilities for Global Link", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros X S.A. to take discovery from Zimpel Granite & Marble Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Brazil involving "potential fraudulent transfers" totaling BRL 222 million by "the Zimpel family, a wealthy family known in Brazil for their agricultural ventures", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application by Ecoprivate Business Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Jean Sebastian Ferrer Funke, a citizen and resident of Switzerland, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Barclays Bank PLC, and HSBC Bank USA N.A. "a criminal proceeding in Switzerland, which Applicants contemplate bringing against Mr. Sonashah Shivdasani; as well as in recognition and enforcement proceedings that the Applicants contemplate bringing in the UK" regarding "a real estate investment scheme that cost the Applicants well over US $6,175,000.00 in losses plus penalties and interest", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados Alternative Assets I to take discovery from HBMR Holdings LLC and Marcos Rezende for use in legal proceedings in Brazil involving Empreza Gestão de Pessoas e Serviços Ltda., Empreza Central de Negócios Ltda., Helena Barbosa Machado Ribeiro, Sayonara de Castro Brotherhood, Luiz Antônio Ribeiro de Sousa, and Renato Miranda Carvalho, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Food Investment SpA and Australis Seafoods S.A., both of Chile, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. for use in legal proceedings in Chile and England against Isidoro Ernesto Quiroga Moreno, Isidoro Alfonso Quiroga Cortés, Benjamin Quiroga Cortés, Martin Abraham Guiloff Salvado, and Santiago Garretón Sánchez, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Associação Nóbrega de Educação e Assistência Social - ANEAS to take discovery from Tishman Speyer Properties LP "for use in a foreign criminal embezzlement proceeding initiated by ANEAS, the Vatican’s Brazilian Jesuit association, against executives of Tishman Speyer's wholly owned subsidiaries in Brazil", who were identified as Daniel Cherman, Rafael Carassini, and José Alberto Torres Muniz Ventura, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Nike Shipholding Corporation, of the Marshall Islands to take discovery from Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Switzerland against Credit Suisse AG regarding an alleged investment loss of $13.5 million in Wirecard AG, described as "a large German payment-processing company that became insolvent shortly after Applicant’s investment - upon CSAG's advice", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by The Economical Insurance Group, Intact Insurance Company, SCM Insurance Services GP Inc., o/a ClaimsPro, Jimmy Ta, and Ivan Broosbell v. Brinker International Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Application by Saul Klein to take discovery from Kireland 83rd Street Chicago LLC, Kireland Belvidere Street Waukegan LLC, Kireland Commercial Ave Chicago LLC, Kireland Genesis Drive North Aurora, LLC, Kireland Kirby Plaza Houston LLC, Kireland LLC, Kireland Mainstreet Fairfax LLC, Kireland North Dearborn Street Chicago LLC, Kireland Peach Tree Road Atlanta LLC, Kireland South Elgin Illinois LLC, Kireland West Heimer Road Houston LLC, Kireland-B, LLC, Mikeone EK 801 West LLC, Mikeone EK 809 West LLC, Mikeone Ek ATL Ops Center LLC, Mikeone EK Columbia SC LLC, Mikeone EK Linden LLC, Mikeone EK Roanoke LLC, and Mikeone M Street Holdings LLC for use in "civil and criminal proceedings in Brazil concerning the assets of the late Samuel Klein, a prominent Brazilian businessman and founder of the Casas Bahia retail chain" whose Estate's Executor, Michael Klein, allegedly "deprived Petitioner of his rightful inheritance by failing to report hundreds of millions of dollars in assets owned by Samuel Klein abroad", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by N.P.S.SF. Debt Co., S.à.r.l., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, d.b.a. Citibank; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of China, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, Mashreq Bank PSC, and Habib American Bank for use in legal proceedings in Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, St. Kitts & Nevis, and United Arab Emirates regarding an alleged $36.6 million fraud by Muhammad Tahir Lakhani and Muhammad Ali Lakhani, both described as residents of Dubai, UAE, and Pakistan, and their Astir Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by FL Distribución S.A. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from Sony Interactive Entertainment America Trading LLC and Sony Computer Entertainment of America Trading Latin America LLC, both known as Sony PlayStation, for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Telegraph Media Group Limited, described as "the publisher of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph in London", to take discovery from Michael Zweig for use in "a defamation action" in England filed by Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti, a.k.a. Zia Chishti, described as "an entrepreneur with citizenship of the United States and Pakistan", regarding "allegedly false statements made in two articles from a series that it published about public testimony given by Tatiana Spottiswoode to the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Saul Klein to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., Banco Santander S.A. New York, Santander Investment Securities Inc. of New York, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., Safra National Bank of New York, Banco Itaú S.A. New York Branch, Itau CorpBanca, Itaú Securities, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in "foreign civil and criminal proceedings in Brazil concerning the assets of the late Samuel Klein, a prominent Brazilian businessman and founder of the Casas Bahia retail chain" in which the Estate's Executor, Michael Klein, is suspected of fraud and embezzlement, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados Alternative Assets I to take discovery from Marcos Rezende, described as "manager of Green Haven Services LLC", for use in legal proceedings in Brazil, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Motion for Leave to File Under Seal an application by International Global Bank NV to take discovery from ItalBank International Inc. "for use in preparation of a civil lawsuit to be filed in Curaçao against Consulting and Services Associate, S.A., a société anonyme formed under the laws of Switzerland" regarding alleged "fraudulent misrepresentations that CSA made to IGB in a certain 'OFAC Certification'", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Application by ICM SPC, on behalf of Ancile Special Opportunity and Recovery Fund Segregated Portfolio, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Domains By Proxy LLC and GoDaddy.com LLC for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands styled as "In the Matter of Phoenix Commodities PVT Ltd. (in liquidation) between ICM SPC on Behalf of Ancile Special Opportunity and Recovery Fund Segregated Portfolio and (1) Ryan Jarvis, (2) Rachelle Frisby (as Joint Liquidators of Phoenix Commodities), and (3) Phoenix Commodities PVT Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sun Pharma Canada Inc. to take discovery from Sreeraj Macha for use in legal proceedings in Canada brought by Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH for alleged patent infringement, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Kyma Capital Ltd., of England; LMR Multi-Strategy Master Fund Limited, and LMR CCSA Master Fund Limited, both of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from PJT Partners Inc. and Anchorage Capital Group LLC for use in legal proceedings in France regardeing "various financial restructuring procedures related to Orpea S.A.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Private Bank for use in "divorce proceedings" in Monaco "initiated by her husband, Fadi Boustany", who was described as a citizen of Lebanon and Switzerland who controls the "Metropole Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Netgear Inc., of Delaware, and Netgear Deutschland GmbH, of Delaware, to take discovery from Qualcomm Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany involving Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., described as "an investment fund incorporated in the British Virgin Islands", to take discovery from Vivek Ramaswamy for an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Application by Maria Cristina Abud Valech, described as "the widow of José Alfredo Antón Díaz ... one of Ecuador's richest and most powerful men", to take discovery from The Clearing House Interbank Payments System, Citibank N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Bank of America N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for use in legal proceedings in Ecuador, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Yuan Hsu to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S. Bank NA, Citibank NA, and Bank of America NA for use in legal proceedings in Taiwan, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Limited to take discovery from Brent Richard Irvin for use in "a copyright infringement lawsuit" in China "against Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Tencent Music Entertainment Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of China.

Application by David Neil Gerrard, a resident of the United Kingdom and a former partner of Dechert LLP law firm to take discovery from Yuri Koshkin described as "a U.S. citizen and a former Soviet intelligence officer", and Trident Group Global LLC, described as "a Florida LLC, headquartered in Miami", for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., Sumitovant Biopharma, Inc., Myrtle Potter, Matthew Gline, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda "concerning the take-private merger of Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which "provides an investigative reporting platform for a worldwide network of independent media centers and journalists focused on exposing crime and corruption and catalyzing positive change, including promoting policy reform and accountability for bad actors", to take discovery from BSG Resources Ltd., Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP, and the Marginalised Affected Property Owners for use in legal proceedings in Romania brought by "Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz" against "OCCRP, its principal Paul Radu, and OCCRP’s investigative journalism partner in Romania, RISE Project Romania" for alleged defamation, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Path Network Inc. and Tempest Hosting LLC to take discovery from Discord Inc. "relating to Curtis Gervais, Rene Roosen, and Archetype#8484, one of their suspected aliases" for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.