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Case of the Day: Hazim v. Schiel & Denver Book Group
The case of the day is Hazim v. Schiel & Denver Book Group (S.D. Tex. 2013). Omar Hazim was the author of “Islam in the Heartland of America.” He sued Schiel & Denver Publishing Ltd., Schiel & Denver Book Publishers, and Schiel & Denver Book Group for copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair trade practices,……
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Case of the Day: Daebo International Shipping Co. v. Americas Bulk Transport (BVI) Ltd.
The case of the day is Daebo International Shipping Co. v. Americas Bulk Transport (BVI) Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2013). Daebo Shipping, a Korean company, chartered the M/V Nicole to ABT, which, despite its name, was, according to the judge, a Liberian company. After a dispute arose, Daebo Shipping asserted a claim for more than $300,000 against……
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Case of the Day: St. Ventures v. KBA Assets & Acquisitions
The case of the day is St. Ventures, LLC v. KBA Assets & Acquisitions, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2013). St. Ventures sued KBA, Ben Fenfield, Asset Placement Ltd., Susan Gillis, Paul Windwood, and Bank of America, claiming that “the defendants obtained a bond owned by St. Ventures through fraudulent means.” Asset Placement Ltd. was a UK……
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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: In re Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd.
The case of the day is In re Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd. (10th Cir. 2013). We first encountered this case in June 2012. Here was my description of the case: Back in 2006, Michael Wilson & Partners, a British Virgin Islands company providing consultancy services in Kazakhstan among other places in Eastern Europe and……