Amini LLC has been engaged as special litigation counsel for Salvatore LaMonica, the Chapter 7 trustee in In re Credivalores – Crediservicios S.A., pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The debtor is a Colombian lender focused on payroll-deduction loans, i.e. loans to low-income individuals in Colombia that are […]
Amini LLC successfully defeated the approval of a third party release in a stockholder derivative settlement concerning Fang Holdings Limited, a Chinese real estate company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Amini LLC, on behalf of minority shareholders who had commenced a winding up proceeding against Fang in the Cayman Islands, objected on the grounds that
Amini LLC prevailed in a 28 U.S.C. § 1782 proceeding brought on behalf of two minority shareholders seeking document discovery from a New York law firm for use in a Cayman appraisal proceeding. The appraisal proceeding concerns China Index Holdings (CIH), a Cayman company that was taken private in a merger transaction for $1.00 per
Amini LLC has secured a unanimous affirmance from the Appellate Division, First Department, of the judgment Amini LLC previously obtained for its client following a seven-day bench trial before Justice Joel M. Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division. The appellate decision leaves intact awards totaling more than $10 million, including approximately $7.8 million in damages and
Amini LLC prevailed on a post-judgment enforcement motion brought on behalf of a hotel cafeteria employee, Maria Pizarro. Last year she obtained a $1.625 million sex abuse judgment against her former employer’s principal, Santiago Quezada. Amini LLC was brought in post-judgment when Mr. Quezada filed a Chapter 11 case in response to his bank account
Amini LLC defeated a motion that attempted to restrict trial testimony based on discovery collection parameters. Takeaway: Discovery parameters ≠ trial testimony admissibility. Discovery stipulations and document cut off dates are not the last word on what jurors may hear at trial. Ref: Commercial Division Rule 27.
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