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Case of the Day: AQ Asset Management v. Levine
In the case of the day, AQ Asset Management LLC v. Levine (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2014), a Swiss national who had sued US defendants in the New York state courts found that he could not avoid the reach of a New York subpoena in a related case brought by the same US parties. In 2008,……
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Case of the Day: Marker Völkl (International) GmbH v. Epic Sports International, Inc.
The case of the day is Marker Völkl (International) GmbH v. Epic Sports International, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Marker Völkl, a Swiss corporation, had a license agreement with Epic, a Nevada corporation, under which Epic distributed Marker Völkl’s tennis equipment. In a separate agreement, Capstone Business Credit, LLC, a New York company, guaranteed Epic’s performance of……
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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: In re Carthage Trust
The case of the day is In re Carthage Trust (C.D. Cal. 2013). I love this case (even though the judge got it wrong)! The plaintiff was Schuyler Moore. Two of the defendants were Grasselle S.A., a British Virgin Islands company, and Philip Egglishaw, a British national residing in Switzerland. Moore sued them and others……
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Case of the Day: Gardner v. Letcher
The case of the day is Gardner v. Letcher (D. Nev. 2012). Alfred Letcher sold an Arizona mine to Christopher Gardner in 2008 for $3.6 million. According to Gardner, the parties also signed an agreement at the time that allowed Gardner to rescind the sale contract within a year and in return receive the purchase……