Discovery

Application by Hugh Dickson and John Royle, as "Receivers of the sole share of the Cayman Islands based company Britannia Holdings (2006) Limited", to take discovery from Michael Jacob for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands "captioned Lea Lilly Perry and Tamar Perry v. Lopag Trust Reg., Private Equity Services (Curacao) NV, Fiduciana Verwaltungsanstalt, Gal Greenspoon Perry, Yael Perry, Dan Greenspoon, Ron Greenspoon and Mia Greenspoon", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: The underlying case was filed under seal at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in September, 2017 as part of the Cayman Court's secretly-imposed mass-sealing policy - implemented by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie - that conceals from public view even the existence of many cases involving allegations of impropriety and insolvency against the jurisdiction's foreign-owned companies. More than two years later, the case is still completely sealed in Cayman, despite details being revealed in the U.S.

Ex Parte Application by Kuwait Ports Authority to take discovery from Citibank and E-Trade Financial Corporation for use in "impending litigation" in the Cayman Islands regarding "fraud and other wrongdoing related to KPA's investments in and business dealings with: (1) KGL Investment Company KSCC; and (2) the private equity fund, The Port Fund L.P." estimated at "hundreds of millions of dollars", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for Judicial Assistance on behalf of Charlotte Bouvier d'Yvoire to take discovery from E*Trade Securities and UBS for use in legal proceedings in Switzerland against Olivier Bouvier d'Yvoire, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Daselina Investments Ltd. to take discovery from Maxim Finskiy and Vladislava Finskaya for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands brought by Onexim Group Management Limited against Kirkland Intertrade Corp., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ex Parte Application for Judicial Assistance by Motu Novu LLC, of Delaware, to take discovery from Joye Percival, described as the "ex-wife of John K. Percival", Synovus Financial Corporation, of Atlanta, GA, and Elizabeth Mabry, of Fayetteville, GA, for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "Motu Novu's ability to collect on a €3,266,900 judgment it holds against John Kenneth Percival" who allegedly "has gone to great lengths to avoid paying", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application by Escal UGS S.L. to take discovery from Ruben Juanes and Bradford H. Hager for use in legal proceedings in Spain regarding the Castor Natural Gas Submarine Storage Project, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by HES (Caribbean) International Holdings SRL, of Barbados, to take discovery from The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation regarding Henrique Rodriguez Guillén, a citizen of Venezuela, for use in "contemplated civil and criminal proceedings in the Dominican Republic and Barbados", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Gwynn Hopkins, of Perun Consultants Limited, in Hong Kong, and Gordon MacRae, of Kalo (Cayman) Limited, of the Cayman Islands, as Joint and Several Interim Receivers of XiO Fund LLP, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Silicon Valley Bank for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Editor's Note: This discovery application includes, as an exhibit, a copy of the underlying complaint alleging fraud involving hundreds of millions of dollars that was filed under seal at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on May 8th, 2019 and, eight months later, remains sealed as part of the Cayman Court's secretly-imposed mass-sealing policy - implemented by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie - that conceals from public view even the existence of many cases involving allegations of impropriety and insolvency against the jurisdiction's hedge funds.

Supplemental Petition by Christof Pfaff, of Germany, to take discovery from Deutsche Bank AG, of Germany; DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, of Germany, and Commodity Exchange, Inc., d.b.a. COMEX, of New York, for use in legal proceedings in Germany alleging fraud against Deutsche Bank, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Azattyk Media Institution to take discovery from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas for use defending a libel action filed in Kyrgyzstan by Iskender Ismailovich Matraimov, Raimbek Ismailovich Matraimov, Minovar Shabyevna Jumaeva, Uulkan Sulaymanovna Turgunova, and Ismail Matraimov Foundation, all of Kyrgyzstan, against Ali Toktakunov, of the Czech Republic; Azattyk Media Institution, Kloop Media Public Foundation, and 24 kg Information Agency, all of Kyrgyzstan, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Proyecto Alimente and Alejandro Calvillo Unna, collectively described as "a consumer rights organization and a sociologist/consumer based in Mexico City", to take discovery from The Coca-Cola Company for use in legal proceedings in Mexico against the Mexican Government, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application by Shigekazu Torikai, a lawyer in Japan, to take discovery from Google LLC for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Japan "for trespass, privacy invasion, unlawful business interference under Japanese civil law, related torts, and to prevent harm to Mr. Torikai, his staff or clients", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Israeli national Eli Sabag to take discovery from Marion County Community Corrections and John Deiter for use in "an intended criminal complaint" in the United Kingdom against German national Lars Windhorst for suspected fraud and bribery regarding the sale of Israel's GPS Global Tracking & Surveillance System Ltd. to Track Group Inc., of Illinois, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Editor's Note: This application was filed under seal on December 31st, 2019 and unsealed on February 11th, 2020.

Application by Mauricio Mota to take discovery from Colorado Investment Holdings LLC, formerly known as Blessed Holdings LLC, for use in legal proceedings in Brazil styled as 'Maurício Jorge Pereira de Mota v. Joesley Mendonça Batista, et al' regarding "a massive and widely-reported corruption and bribery scandal", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Gulf Investment Corporation, of Kuwait, described as "a supranational financial institution owned equally by the six Gulf Cooperation Council states: The Kingdom of Bahrain; The State of Kuwait; The Sultanate of Oman; The State of Qatar; The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Bank of America, NA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, NA, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company USA, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; National Australia Bank Limited, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in "contemplated litigation in the Cayman Islands" regarding "hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone missing", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Medical Corp. Seiryo, d.b.a. Urayasu Dental Clinic to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Japan regarding the posting of negative reviews that it considers "libelous and harassment", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Chapter 4 Corp., d.b.a. Supreme, to take discovery from Gibson Brands Inc. for use in "international trademark proceedings in France and the European Union Intellectual Property Office against a Swiss company that is engaged in counterfeiting and trademark infringement, Supreme Italfigo SAGL", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Application by the USA for an Order to obtain "documents and information from Duke University" pursuant to a request from South Korea for use in civil legal proceedings styled as "Cho Young-Ae, et al v. Bang Byung-Kuk, et al", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Application by Eleanor de Leon to take discovery from The Clorox Company for use in legal proceedings in Saudi Arabia regarding the Estate of Sheikh Osama Abudawood, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Hamad Abdel Aziz Al Shaya and Haitham Hamad Abdulaziz Al Shaya to take discovery from the National Bank of Kuwait SAKP, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. for use in legal proceedings in Kuwait and Qatar regarding an alleged fraud by Anas Taiss Al Jumaily involving "loans from the International Bank of Qatar, Qatar Commercial Bank, and Al Khaliji Commercial Bank", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Mauricio Mota to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Fabio Pegas, Patricia Pratini De Moraes, and Blessed Holdings Inc. regarding several individuals and entities, including those in the Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, and Luxembourg, for use in legal proceedings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, against "Joesley and Wesley Mendonça Batista and their companies, including Brazilian meat-processing conglomerate JBS S.A. and J&F Investimentos S.A., to recover billions of dollars of public funds the Batistas admittedly obtained illicitly as part of a massive and widely-reported corruption and bribery scandal", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited, of England, to take discovery from Deloitte LLP for use in legal proceedings at the High Court of Justice of England and Wales against its former attorneys, Dechert LLP and David Neil Gerrard, for alleged misconduct, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Eurasian Bank JSC and Eurasian Project 1 to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Citibank, NA, JPMorgan Chase, NA, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Commerzbank AG, and UBS AG for use in "two pending criminal investigations by the General Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan" regarding suspected fraud and misappropriation by companies allegedly controlled by "Russian businessman" Nurlan Saktapbergenovich Tleubayev, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Application by Soo Line Railroad Company, d.b.a. Canadian Pacific Railway, to take discovery from Edward A. Burkhardt for use in legal proceedings in Quebec, Canada, including against Canadian Pacific Railway Company and Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Company, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

'Notice to Take Down' from Eugene Tan, of Singapore law firm RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of a copy of a discovery application that was filed by his client, Golden Root Investments Pte Ltd., at federal court in California.

Motion to Compel Discovery from non-parties Bank of America Corporation and Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation in an attempt to identify alleged insider traders in "corporate bonds issued by French retail conglomerate Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A." for use in Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Motransa SA to take discovery from Navistar, Inc. for use in "contemplated" legal proceedings in Ecuador against Austral Cia. Ltda., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ex Parte Application by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited, of England, to conduct discovery from Glenn Simpson, of Fusion GPS, for use in legal proceedings at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales against Mark Hollingsworth for "breach of confidence", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Application on behalf of Katy Taveira to take discovery from Celebrity Cruises Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Greece against her former husband, Dimitrios Petras, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Duranda Mae Ash to take discovery from William Henry Gay, Jr., described as "a commercial pilot with United Airlines" residing in Miami Beach, Florida; United Airlines Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo Bank NA, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for use in "foreign divorce proceedings currently taking place in The Bahamas", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Tesco Plc, described as "an English publicly traded company and the United Kingdom's largest supermarket company", to take discovery from Templeton Investment Counsel LLC for use in legal proceedings at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by La Piña Bohemia, of Guatemala, to take discovery from HQ Brands LLC, d.b.a. House of Quirky, for use in "on-going criminal proceedings brought against it by the Guatemalan tax authority", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Satfinance Investment Limited, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, based in Switzerland, to take discovery from Athena Art Finance Corp., of Delaware; G. Andrea Danese, described as a resident of New York, and YieldStreet Inc., of Delaware, for use in legal proceedings in England and Wales, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Andrew Rippert to take discovery from Constantine Iordanou for use in an arbitration in Bermuda against his former employer, Arch Capital Group Ltd., for alleged "wrongful termination", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Tesco Plc, described as "an English publicly traded company and the United Kingdom's largest supermarket company", to take discovery from non-party Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC for use in legal proceedings at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales "brought by 58 institutional investors" alleging fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Tianrui (International) Holding Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Citibank NA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, HSBC Bank USA, NA, BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, Bank of America, NA, Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG US, and The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Aenergy SA to take discovery from General Electric Company for use in legal proceedings in Angola, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by The Trustees of the Wemyss Heirlooms Trust to take discovery from Michel David-Weill, Adam Williams Fine Art Ltd., and Adam Williams for use in contemplated legal proceedings in England and Wales against Simon C. Dickinson, Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Helena Chartering Inc., of the Bahamas, to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a.k.a. Deutsche Bank USA; Wells Fargo Bank NA, and Citibank NA for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Greece against Liberia-domiciled Cronus Maritime Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by WildBrain Family International Limited to take discovery from The Raine Group LLC for use in legal proceedings in England and Wales against Moonbug Entertainment Limited, Rene Rechtman, Jason Schretter, John Robson, and Alfred Chubb, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Andrew Rippert to take discovery from Laurie Goodman for use in an arbitration in Bermuda against his former employer, Arch Capital Group Ltd., for alleged "wrongful termination", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by ARIDA LLC, of Russia; Earl Management Ltd., formerly Fairway Investments Overseas Limited, of Cyprus; Finenergoinvest LLC, of Russia, and Alexey Grachev, a citizen of Russia, to take discovery from Daniel Mishin, a.k.a. Daniil Mishin; Vladislav Mishin, Boris Korol, June Homes US, Inc., Rezidenz, Inc., June NY, LLC, Residenz, LLC, June NY 1, LLC, Residenz 1, LLC, Bank of America, Chase Bank, Citibank, TD Bank and Bank of New York Mellon for use in legal proceedings in Russia regarding an alleged "multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Vladislav Mishin through Russian financial companies Brio Invest and Microcredit Company Brio Finance, LLC" at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by HRC-Hainan Holding Company, LLC, of Delaware; D&W Holding Company, LLC, of Delaware, and Hainan HRC Hospital Management and Consulting Co., Ltd., of China, to take discovery from Yihan Hu, a citizen of China residing in California; her parents, Dr. Xiaohong Han and Dr. Bo 'Paul' Hu; Hu-HanOne LLC, Hu-HanTwo LLC, and Hu-HanThree LLC, all of California, and Wells Fargo Bank for use in arbitration and legal proceedings in China involving Ciming Bo'ao International Hospital Co. Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by the Republic of Turkey to take discovery from Hamit Çiçek for use in an international arbitration involving Cascade Investments NV, of Belgium, filed at the U. S. District Court of the District of New Jersey.

Application by Inversiones Lugon 48, of Venezuela, to take discovery from Equinor US Operations LLC, described as Texas-based subsidiary of "a publicly traded Norwegian corporation"; Miguel Strauss, and Carlos Izquierdo for use in legal proceedings in Venezuela, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Ex Parte Application by Iraq Telecom Limited to conduct discovery from non-party Dechert LLP for use in a pending arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce and contemplated legal proceedings in the United Kingdom regarding "massive fraud and corruption", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ex Parte Application by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and BMW Bank GmbH to take discovery from Broadcom Corp., Broadcom Inc., Broadcom Technologies Inc., Avago Technologies Ltd., and Avago Tech for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Caterpillar Inc. to take discovery from Deere & Company and Wirtgen America, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Italy between Wirtgen GmbH and Caterpillar's European subsidiaries, Caterpillar Prodotti Stradali Srs and Caterpillar Financial Corporacion Financiera SA EFC, and "threatened" litigation in Germany, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Application by Shervin Pishevar, described as the "co-founder of Sherpa Capital, a leading venture capital firm", which is based in San Francisco, CA, to take discovery from Marcus Baram, described as "a Senior News Editor at Fast Company in New York", for use in "contemplated criminal and civil proceedings" in the United Kingdom against the unknown alleged "Forger" of a British police report, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Bio Energias Comercializadora de Energia Ltda. to take discovery from Romeu de Aguiar Pradines Junior and Amadeu Cruz Barbosa Filho for use in an arbitration against Vega Comercializadora de Energia Ltda in São Paulo, Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.