Legal

Class Action Complaint "to stop the “world’s first robot lawyer” from continuing to engage in the unauthorized practice of law."in Jonathan Faridian v. DoNotPay Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Defendant's Notice of Removal in Frontera Resources Corporation, described as "a Houston, Texas based international oil and gas exploration and production company" v. Mourant Ozannes, a Cayman Islands law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging fraud in LDR International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Sara Jacqueline King, described as a lawyer who "is a partner at the law firm King Reuben", and King Family Lending LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging "an orchestrated effort by the defendant law firms and attorneys to simultaneously process across multiple jurisdictions eleven separate civil subpoenas duces tecum on an ex parte basis to obtain private and confidential information of Plaintiff, David Bernahl, for use in a highly publicized European domestic squabble to which he is not a party" in David Bernahl v. Eversheds Sutherland Ltd., of England; Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, of England; Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited, of England; Eversheds Sutherland Bitãns, of Latvia; Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Sergenian Ashby LLP, Ian S. Shelton, Joseph R. Ashby, and Sarah E. Paul at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment in Bull Blockchain Law LLP v. Towerthree Wireless del Ecuador S.A., of Ecuador; Tower One Wireless Corp., of Canada; LATAM Emerging Market Investment Fund SPC Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Banco Amazonas, of Ecuador, and LW Casa de Valores S.R.L., of Panama, at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County.

New York-based international law firm Proskauer Rose, which employs approximately 800 attorneys, is suing its recently-departed Chief Operating Officer, British national Jonathan O'Brien, for "theft of Proskauer's trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information", describing him as "a crafty plotter".

Application for a Temporary Restraining Order in Proskauer Rose LLP v. Jonathan O’Brien, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in New York who, until recently, was Proskauer Rose’s Chief Operating Officer, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "theft of Proskauer’s trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information" in Proskauer Rose LLP v. Jonathan O'Brien, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in New York who, until recently, was Proskauer Rose's "Chief Operating Officer", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendants' Motion to Compel Microsoft Corporation to Comply with a Subpoena in advance of the deposition of Christen Ager-Hanssen, described as "a known entrapment artist and conspiracy promoter based in the U.K.", in Roche Freedman LLP v. Jason Cyrulnik and Jason Cyrulnik v. Roche Freedman LLP, Kyle Roche, Devin Freedman, Amos Friedland, Nathan Holcomb, and Edward Normand at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint for $314,008 alleging unpaid legal fees in Advocate LLP v. Kent Swig at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging legal malpractice regarding "certain investment/funding transactions" involving Molecular Data Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based "chemical e-commerce platform", and Generex Biotechnology Corporation, of Delaware, in Oasis Capital LLC, of Puerto Rico v. Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero P.A., a Florida law firm, and Brian S. Bernstein, a Florida lawyer, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Miguel Paul Cabral at Bermuda Supreme Court.

USA's Trial Memorandum regarding an alleged offshore tax fraud scheme involving accounts or entities in Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland that allowed businessman Robert Smith "to evade federal income taxes on approximately $225,000,000 of capital gains" in USA v. Carlos Kepke, an attorney, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Judgment dismissing the applicant's appeal and determining he "has launched an ugly and abusive press campaign against members of the judiciary on the Island" in Bilika Harry Simamba, a lawyer v. The Attorney General of the Cayman Islands, The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Ian Kawaley, and Bridget Myers at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

The liquidators of British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Singapore-based crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital will speak at next month's OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference. They will discuss some of the lessons they have learned so far in the relatively new area of liquidating a major global crypto enterprise and attempting to recover value for creditors, who appear to be owed more than $3.5 billion. Dec 5-9—Claim your free pass.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Edward Anthony Redmond at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Philip George Heaney at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Mark Paul Cabral at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Judgment granting an application by Farhad Azima for permission to bring an additional counterclaim against the original claimant (RAKIA) on the grounds that it had obtained a judgment by fraud in Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority, described as "the sovereign wealth fund of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, part of the United Arab Emirates" v. Farhad Azima, described as "a US-based businessman, principally involved in the aviation industry"; David Neil Gerrard, Dechert LLP, and James Edward Dennison Buchanan at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Craig Christensen and Sandra Christensen at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging breach of contract for unpaid legal fees and expenses totaling $4 million in Mills Law Group LLP v. Republic of Iraq and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Iraq at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint alleging unpaid legal fees in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Gareth Finighan at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Judgment dismissing an application by the First to Fourth Plaintiffs to set aside or vary an order of the Court of Appeal in respect of security for costs and granting an application by the Defendant for the dismissal of the proceedings with costs against the First to Fourth Plaintiffs in Arnage Holdings Limited, Brooklands Holdings Limited, East Farthing Holdings Limited, Katia Rabello, of Brazil, and Fernando Toledo, of Brazil v. Walkers law firm at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. In the judgment, it was stated that the Fifth Plaintiff's claim "had been resolved" and that he had entered into a "Settlement".

Complaint "for the damages the Plaintiff has suffered as a result of the Defendants’ conspiracy, racketeering, mail and wire fraud, personal injury, tortious interference with Plaintiff’s business relationships, entitlements and resultant damages and related torts, which includes Defendants conspiring with others, illegal hacking, kidnapping, perjury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, extortion, money laundering and theft of highly confidential information, documents, and materials" in Jonathan 'Jay' Solomon, who "was a chief foreign affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal" v. Dechert LLP, "a global law firm"; David Neil Gerrard, of England, who was "co-head of Dechert's White Collar Compliance and Investigations practice"; David Graham Hughes, of England, "a lawyer and former Dechert partner"; Nicholas Del Rosso, Vital Management Services Inc., Amit Forlit, of Israel; Israel Insight Analysis, SDC-Gadot LLC, Amir Handjani, Andrew Frank, and KARV Communications Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Transcript of Decision in which U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla granted crypto lawyer Kyle Roche's motion to withdraw and removed Roche Freedman law firm as interim class counsel in litigation styled as ‘In Re. Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation’ in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a sophisticated and organized group of individuals and entities led by Neil Gerrard engaged in a global campaign against perceived enemies of Ras Al Khaimah, a client of Dechert LLP" in Farhad Azima, described as "a successful entrepreneur" who has "founded and built numerous successful companies over the course of almost 50 years, including serving as chairman and CEO of multiple airlines"; ALG Transportation Inc., Main 3260 LLC, FFV W39 LLC, and FFV Development LLC v. Dechert LLP, David Neil Gerrard, David Graham Hughes, Nicholas del Rosso, Vital Management Services Inc., Amit Forlit, Insight Analysis and Research LLC, SDC-Gadot LLC, Amir Handjani, Andrew Frank, and KARV Communications at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment dismissing first defendant's strike out application and allowing the plaintiff to file an amended complaint against the second defendant in Geoffrey Lynn Randall Willcocks v. Joseph E. Wakefield and Wakefield Quin Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging the defendants "actively participated" in a "fraudulent real-estate investment scheme" in Robert Joseph Armijo v. Paul R. Wassgren, an attorney; DLA Piper LLP, a law firm, and Fox Rothschild LLP, a law firm, at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Police in Malta are investigating lawyer Aron Mifsud Bonnici and businessman Yorgen Fenech regarding "the unlawful acquisition of firearms" on the "Dark Web" using Bitcoin. Details are contained in an application to collect evidence from crypto exchanges Poloniex and Coinbase that was filed at federal court in Delaware by the USA after receiving a request for judicial assistance from Malta.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from crypto exchanges Poloniex and Coinbase - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Malta - for a criminal investigation into Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech and Maltese lawyer Aron Mifsud Bonnici for "the unlawful acquisition of firearms".

Summons with Notice for "not less than $10 million" alleging legal malpractice regarding "claims against Ethiopian Airlines Group" in Arena Riparian (Cayman) LLC, of the Cayman Islands, and Arena Riparian LLC v. Brown Rudnick LLP at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Andrew Coldicutt, a Canadian attorney residing in California, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Ten years after OffshoreAlert began exposing his Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund £120 million investment fraud, causing him to sue us for libel, 61-year-old British national Timothy Schools has been convicted on all five counts against him at Southwark Crown Court, in London, and is in custody pending sentencing on Thursday.

Wyoming-based asset protection law firm Cloud Peak Law Group has applied to quash an IRS summons to provide testimony and records for a tax investigation by Denmark into one of its clients, Wyoming-domiciled 1st International LLC.

Petition to Quash Summons regarding a tax investigation by Denmark into one of its clients, 1st International LLC in Cloud Peak Law Group PC, a law firm in Wyoming specializing in asset protection v. USA at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint alleging the plaintiff "was deceptively lured into an elaborate scam to advance the sum of 12.2 million U.S. dollars for one million nonexistent doses of AstraZeneca vaccine" for COVID-19 and to add James L. Scott, a lawyer in Michigan, and Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, a law firm in Michigan, as defendants for alleged malpractice in Radical Investments Ltd., a St. Lucia company based in Barbados v. Good Vibrations Entertainment LLC, of Florida; Alex Lee Moore, a.k.a. Flex Moore; Prestige Pegasus LLC, of Colorado; Moniladae Coley, a.k.a. Moniladai Coley; Charles Stein, a.k.a. Charlie Stein, a lawyer in California, and Davidovich Stein Law Group LLC, a law firm California, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Judgment regarding an application from an anonymous "BVI law firm" that "sought to come off the record as acting for its client on the basis that the firm was professionally embarrassed" in a case styled only as "Ex Parte A Professionally Embarrassed Law Firm" at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by Kuwait Ports Authority and The Public Institution for Social Security, both of Kuwait, to take discovery from Crowell & Moring LLP, a law firm, for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands involving "direct and derivative claims for multiple frauds committed by the general partner of a Cayman limited partnership, The Port Fund, L.P., and persons and entities acting in concert with the general partner", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Judgment regarding an application by Apple law firm to be "removed from the record" regarding its representation of a Russian bank that is subject to sanctions in AO Alfa-Bank v. Kipford Ventures Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Peru is seeking evidence from a New York-based credit union for employees of the United Nations for a criminal investigation into lawyer José Luis Noriega Ludwick, who is suspected of laundering money for "Clan Orellana, the largest criminal organization in Peru's existence".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from United Nations Federal Credit Union - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - for a criminal investigation into Jose Luis Noriega Ludwick, described as "a lawyer of a Peruvian criminal organization, Clan Orellana", and others for suspected "money laundering and crimes against public order and conspiracy", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Itáu Unibanco SA to take discovery from Martha L. Mendez, P.A., d.b.a. Title Team, of Coral Gables, Florida, for use in legal proceedings in São Paulo, Brazil, regarding "various loan agreements, import credit agreements, and derivative contracts with a Brazilian company named MapTrade Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Ltda.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judgment for $93,087 in Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel PC v. Raygan Mills Ltd., of London, England, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Judgment in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited v. Dechert LLP, David Neil Gerrard, and The Director of the Serious Fraud Office at the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

In a judgment at Bermuda Supreme Court, Australian barrister Evatt Tamine has been ordered to repay nearly $30 million that he allegedly misappropriated from a Bermuda trust he administered on behalf of U.S. businessman Robert Brockman, who was criminally indicted at federal court in California in 2020 for an alleged $2 billion offshore tax fraud scheme.

Ex Parte Request for Judicial Assistance by Susan Elaine Devine, described as "a citizen of the United States and Brazil and a resident of Florida" and a former wife of Florian Homm, a German citizen who was indicted in California in 2013 for alleged investment fraud and is currently a fugitive, to obtain evidence from law firm Spears & Imes LLP for use "in connection with criminal proceedings that have been launched against Ms. Devine in Liechtenstein relating to alleged money laundering" involving "nine hedge funds that were incorporated in the Cayman Islands", namely Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, Absolute East West Fund Limited, Absolute East West Master Fund Limited, Absolute European Catalyst Fund Limited, Absolute Germany Fund Limited, Absolute India Fund Limited, Absolute Octane Fund Limited, Absolute Octane Master Fund Limited, and Absolute Return Europe Fund Limited, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment awarding $16.8 million, $5.395 million, and £5 million against the defendants in BCT Limited, a Cayman Islands subsidiary of Maples Group, as Trustee of the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust, and Spanish Steps Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Evatt Tamine, an Australian barrister, and Tangarra Consultants Limited, of Bermuda, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging a law firm's negligence caused a client to transfer $2.8 million to an "imposter" who had "spoofed" an email address in LTC (BVI) Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, described as "an investor and investment manager" v. BraunHagey & Borden LLP, a law firm in California, at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Application by Palantir Technologies Inc. to take discovery from Williams & Connolly LLP, a law firm, and laywers Barry S. Simon, and Stephen L. Wohlgemuth for use in "two German proceedings: (i) a patent entitlement litigation before the Regional Court of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany between Palantir and Williams & Connolly's client, Marc L. Abramowitz, and (ii) a criminal investigation by a German public prosecutor of Abramowitz, Simon, and Wohlgemuth" for suspected "attempted litigation fraud", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Conyers legal and corporate services group, which is one of the offshore industry's biggest professional service providers, has been fined $2.1 million by the Bermuda Monetary Authority for failure to comply with anti-money laundering regulations and legal "obligations".