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Case of the Day: Henry F. Teichmann, Inc. v. Caspian Flast Glass OJSC
The case of the day is Henry F. Teichmann, Inc. v. Caspian Flat Glass OJSC (W.D. Pa. 2013). The facts of the case are not clear from the decision, but it appears that Caspian Flat Glass, the defendant, was a Russian company. Russia, as we know, has unilaterally suspended cooperation with the United States under……
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Case of the Day: Absolute Activist Master Value Fund, Ltd. v. Ficeto
The case of the day is Absolute Activist Master Value Fund, Ltd. v. Ficeto (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The Absolute Activist Master Value Fund and several other Cayman Islands hedge funds sued several principals and employees of the company they hired to manage their assets, Absolute Capital Management, including Florian Homm. The claim was that Homm, a……
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Case of the Day: Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Cardona
The case of the day is Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Holdings Mexico, LLC v. Cardona (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians loaned more than $6 million to Arturo Rojas Cardona, Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, Juegos De Entretenimiento Y Videos de Guadalupe, Entretenimiento……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Badger
The case of the day is United States v. Badger (D. Utah 2013). In 2004, the defendant, George Badger, had consented to entry of a judgment against him in a case brought by the SEC. The claim in the case was that Badger had bribed brokers to induce them to sell stock in his golf……
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Case of the Day: DFSB Kollective v. Bing Yang
The case of the day is DFSB Kollective Co. v. Bing Yang (N.D. Cal. 2013). We reviewed a previous DFSB case in July 2012. As in the earlier case, the claim here was for copyright infringement. One of the defendants, Bin Yang, lived in Vietnam. The other, Indrawati Yang, lived in Indonesia. Neither country is……