Discovery

Application by Centripetal Networks LLC to take discovery from Cisco Systems, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Mammoet Salvage B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., MashreqBank PSC, MUFG Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, and UniCredit Bank AG, described as "correspondent banks of the Trade Bank of Iraq", for use in "currently pending foreign court proceedings in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates and contemplated enforcement proceedings in Belgium" regarding "efforts to recognize and enforce an arbitral award in excess of a principal amount of US$85 million entered in favor of Mammoet and against BOC [Basra Oil Company]", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH, of Germany, and Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Ox Mobile Technologies LLC and Longhorn IP LLC for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Christopher Hsu for use in sn "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of its shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Kathleen Chien and Linda Chien for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of their shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Cameron Findlay, described as "a citizen of the United Kingdom" who "was the subject of a sustained electronic hacking attempt", to take discovery from Vital Management Services Inc., described as "a company that purports to provide investigative services, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina", and Nicholas Del Rosso, described as "the president, owner, and sole employee of Vital", for use in legal proceedings in England "against the law firm Dechert LLP and a former Dechert partner, Neil Gerrard", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Application by Damien James Byrne, a citizen of Ireland residing in the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency; UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payment Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging fraud "against Mustansir Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy, Omar Hassan Ali Alattar and Mehboob Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy" at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Distribuidora Domo SA de CV, described as "a Mexican company that distributed Miller beer until 2017", to take discovery from Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Mexico, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by defendants Rio Tinto Plc, Rio Tinto Limited, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and Arnaud Soirat to take discovery from Maurice Duffy, described as a resident of Tyne and Wear, England, and "a former contractor with Rio Tinto", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company to take discovery from Li Dong, a.k.a. Lily Dong, "for use in an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands concerning the take-private merger of 58.com", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from Antonio Ellek for use in "divorce proceedings her husband, Fadi Boustany, initiated in Monaco in 2022", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from Stephen Valkenborg and Makram Abboud for use in divorce proceedings in Monaco, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Samuel Tcherassi to take discovery from Yolanda Luz Janna Raad for use in criminal proceedings in Colombia involving allegations of forgery and fraud, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company to take discovery from Li Dong, a.k.a. Lily Dong, for use in "an appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands "concerning the take-private merger of 58.com", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Novalpina Capital Partners I GP Sàrl, of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Treo Asset Management LLC, formerly known as BRG Asset Management LLC; Finbarr O'Connor, Gavin Farrell, and Jeffrey Dunn for use in legal proceedings in Luxembourg, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Novalpina Capital Partners I Gp Sàrl, of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Tobias Read and Michael Langdon for use in legal proceedings in Luxembourg, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Application by Mihails Ulmans to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for use in criminal proceedings in Latvia, where Ulmans is in custody in connection with the murder of insolvency administrator and lawyer Mārtiņš Bunkus, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by 507 Summit LLC to take discovery from Kroll LLC, formerly known as Kroll LLC, and Kroll Securities LLC, formerly known as Duff & Phelps Securities LLC, for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of the shares of 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by BCC Trade Credit Pty Ltd. to take discovery from Bluestone Resources Inc. and Bluestone Coal Sales Corporation for use in legal proceedings in Australia "against Insurance Australia Limited" seeking indemnities under policies whose insureds are Greensill Capital (UK) Limited, Greensill Bank AG and Greensill Capital Pty Limited, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Porsche Automobil Holding SE to take discovery from Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from David Katsujin Chao, DCM Management Co., L.L.C., DCM Management Co. VI, LLC, DCM Management Company IV, L.L.C., DCM Management Company V, L.L.C., and DCM Management, Inc. for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands" regarding "shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited to take discovery from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., The Raine Group LLC, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Bain Capital, L.P., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, Citibank, N.A., BNY Mellon, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC regarding, inter alia, "the corporate financing and executive compensation structures of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A", a.k.a. Inter Milan FC, an Italian soccer club, for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong and Italy involving an allegation that Inter Milan's president, Zhang Kangyang, a.k.a. Steven Zhang, owes "more than US $300 million to China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CFE International LLC to take discovery from Antaeus Group LLC "for use in an ongoing foreign criminal proceeding in Mexico", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Application by CFE International LLC to take discovery from Arbor Glen Consulting LLC for use in "an ongoing foreign criminal proceeding in Mexico", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Application by Bahamas Island Consortium Ltd. and Mirko Kovats to take discovery from Tavistock Group Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the Bahamas "involving I.F. Propco Holdings (Ontario) 39 Ltd., a company duly incorporated in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, as well as a number of individuals acting as the trustees of the CCWIPP Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan, the beneficial owner of I.F. Propco Holdings", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Application by National Bank Trust PJSC, of Russia, to take discovery from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Bank of New York Mellon, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, Societe Generale USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, and Citibank NA for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands alleging fraud "perpetrated by the Russian bank B&N Bank, the Russian businessman Mikail Shishkhanov, and a number of businesses affiliated with Mr. Shishkhanov, with the apparent connivance of a number of commodity brokers and traders", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SCLiquor LLC to take discovery from Equitable Holdings Inc., Gerber Life Insurance Company, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc., and SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda regarding "a dispute between Bacardi, one of the world’s largest spirits companies, and SCLiquor, LLC, a company majority-owned by the world-renowned musical artist and entrepreneur Shawn Carter - better known as Jay-Z", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Carolina Andraus Lane, a citizen of Brazil, to take discovery from RBC Wealth Management, AZ Apice Capital Management LLC, and EFG Capital International Corp. for use in legal proceedings in Brazil against her "former husband and business partner", Gilberto Miranda Batista, described as "a Senator for the state of Amazon, Brazil", at the time, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Lufthansa Technik AG to take discovery from Thales Avionics Inc. "for use in currently pending patent infringement proceedings in Germany and the United Kingdom", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Kroll, LLC, f.k.a. Duff & Phelps, LLC, and Kroll Securities, LLC, f.k.a. Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, for use in "an appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding 51job, Inc., filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC regarding "(1) ongoing criminal proceedings against Moldovan oligarch Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and their companies Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd. in Luxembourg; (2) ongoing civil proceedings in the Netherlands between the Statis and Petitioner; and (3) ongoing and anticipated proceedings against the Statis in the courts of Belgium and other jurisdictions" regarding "a series of complex, multi-faceted fraud schemes, including money laundering schemes, engineered by the Statis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Bahamas Island Consortium Limited and Mirko Kovats, described as "an international real estate investor who has lived in the Bahamas for over 25 years", to take discovery from Southern Cross Developments International LLC, Jeremy Seabridge, Greg Norman Developments, Greg Norman Golf Company, Greg Norman Golf Course Design Company, and Greg Norman Holdings for use in legal proceedings in the Bahamas, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Hangzhou Biaoba Trading Co. Ltd., described as a Chinese company that is "engaged in the business of providing working capital and equity investments", to take discovery from TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England and Wales "against a debtor named Kei Kin Hung f/k/a Qi Jianhong for the enforcement and recognition of a foreign civil judgment ... in favor of Petitioner, issued by the People's Court of Jianggan District of Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Application by Patokh Chodiev, described as "a successful and 16 respected international businessperson, author and philanthropist", to take discovery from First Idea International Ltd., "a self-described 'strategic advisory boutique'", for use in legal proceedings in England "against Refinitiv Limited for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation because Refinitiv published an unsupported, inaccurate, misleading, and damaging report on Mr. Chodiev in its World-Check Risk Intelligence Service database that First Idea appears to have urged Refinitiv to publish", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Patokh Chodiev to take discovery from RenCap Securities Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England against Refinitiv Limited "under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the United Kingdom’s applicable implementing legislation, the Data Protection Act 2018" regarding "Refinitiv’s publication in World-Check of false and misleading information about Mr. Chodiev", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Andrea Custodio, a resident of Uruguay, to take discovery from PNC Bank, Santander Bank, BB&T Corporation, Citigroup Inc., HSBC USA Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Consolid Travel LLC, Joaquin Navasal, Victor Catania, Alamo Homes Realty Inc., Pablo Botta, Elena Chaves, and 2100 Cascades, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Uruguay involving an allegation that Javier Botta "fraudulently concealed and transferred marital assets within the jurisdiction of this Court in an attempt to hide them from the Applicant", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company to take discovery from Alex Nanyan Zheng for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands "to determine the fair value of the shares of 58.com", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by SCLiquor LLC to take discovery from 20 Gates Management LLC, a.k.a. 20 Gates Holding LLC, for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda regarding "a dispute between Bacardi, one of the world’s largest spirits companies, and SCLiquor, LLC, a company majority-owned by the world-renowned musical artist and entrepreneur Shawn Carter - better known as Jay-Z", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Forensic News LLC and Scott Stedman to take discovery from HSBC Bank USA NA "in aid of their defense of a defamation action filed in England by British-Israeli "security consultant" Walter Soriano" regarding articles about "alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Adele Zarzur Kherlakian to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and The New York Federal Bank of New York for use in "probate and corporate governance proceedings" in Brazil "concerning the assets of the late Waldomiro Zarzur, a prominent Brazilian engineer and founder of the Grupo Waldomiro Zarzur ("WZ Group")" and alleging fraudulent transfers by Ricardo Zarzur and Roberto Zazur, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by William Laggner to take discovery from Anthony G. Watson and Bank of London Group Limited for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands against Uphold Ltd., which "operates in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Tracey Amon to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase NA for use in legal proceedings in Monaco and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Application by Tracey Amon to take discovery from Brown Harris Stevens Residential Management LLC for use in legal proceedings in Monaco and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Application by Tracey Amon to take discovery from Christie's, described as "the internationally renowned auction house", for use in legal proceedings in Monaco and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Tracey Amon to take discovery from American Express Company for use in legal proceedings in Monaco and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company to take discovery from James Liang for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding the "fair value" of shares in 58.com, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited, a.k.a. CLICO, to take discovery from Gregor Gregory, AAUG Holdings LLC, and American Assurance Underwriters Group L.C. for use in legal proceedings in India brought against CLICO by Reliance General Insurance Company, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Samuel Malamud Eidelman, described as a citizen of Peru, to take discovery from Truist Bank, Credit Lyonnais Miami Agency, Bank Leumi, BNP Paribas Miami Agency, Barclays, Sudameris, Banco Santander International, Grupo Santander, and Blum & Silver LLP for use in legal proceedings in Peru against Jacobo Malamud and his three daughters, Malamud Kessler, Caroline Malamud-Kessler, and Yudith Malamud Kessler de Schneider alleging money laundering and tax evasion involving, inter alia, companies in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH to take discovery from Joan Kilpatrick for use in "a patent infringement action" in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH to take discovery from Getronics U.S. Operations Inc. for use in a "patent infringement action" in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.