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GDC Technology Ltd. v. JoveAI Innovation, Inc.: Discovery Application (China)

September 25, 2024
Application by GDC Technology Ltd., described as British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based "leading global digital cinema solutions provider", to take discovery from JoveAI Innovation, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in China "between Appotronics Corporation Limited and Applicant", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Reign Digital Creatives Ltd. v. Cloudflare, Inc.: Discovery Application (Thailand)

September 20, 2024
Application by Reign Digital Creatives Limited, described as "a software design company organized under the laws of Hong Kong", to take discovery from Cloudflare, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Thailand "against one of its former directors, Mathew Edmund Mayer", described as a citizen of the United Kingdom, alleging that "Mayer fraudulently acquired RDCL’s highly valuable corporate internet domain while exiting the company in 2020", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Food Initiative LLC v. Evgeny Chernyshev et al: Discovery Application (Russia & Switzerland)

September 12, 2024
Application by Food Initiative LLC, of Russia, to take discovery from Evgeny Alexandrovitch Chernyshev, Marina Mikhailovna Vergun, and Paracorp Inc. for use in "criminal and civil proceedings currently pending before Russian courts and contemplated civil proceedings in Switzerland" alleging "fraud, breach of contract, alter ego liability and breach of fiduciary duty by the Discovery Targets Chernyshev and his wife, Vergun", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

SEC v. Bernardo Mendia-Alcaraz et al: Complaint (‘$3.3M Securities Fraud’)

August 23, 2024
Complaint alleging the defendants "raised approximately $3.3 million from at least 41 investors through a fraudulent scheme" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bernardo Mendia-Alcaraz, a.k.a. Bernardo Mendia, described as a dual citizen of Mexico and USA, and Toltec Capital LLC, as Defendants, and Edith Ramirez Cano. described as a citizen of Mexico residing in California, USA, and Fondo Toltec S de RL de CV, of Mexico, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, USA.

USA v. Stripe Inc.: Judicial Assistance (Israel)

August 14, 2024
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Stripe, Inc. regarding transactions with Personyze LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Tel Aviv District Court, Economic Division, in Israel - for use in an "ongoing investigation relating to a corporate insolvency case" involving Web Target Ltd. (in Liquidation), whose "sole shareholder and director" was identified as Yaakov Shabbat, specifically the "allocation of concealed assets and investigation of the money trail".

Daedalus Prime LLC v. MediaTek USA Inc.: Discovery Application (Germany)

August 12, 2024
Application by Daedalus Prime LLC to take discovery from MediaTek USA Inc. "in support of its claims in foreign patent infringement actions against MediaTek, Inc. - MediaTek USA’s corporate parent - and its customer Xiaomi Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Elon Musk v. Samuel Altman et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

August 5, 2024
Complaint alleging "a textbook tale of altruism versus greed" in Elon Musk v. Samuel Altman, Gregory Brockman, OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, L.P., OpenAI, L.L.C., OpenAI GP, L.L.C., OpenAI OpCo, LLC, OpenAI Global, LLC, OAI Corporation, LLC, OpenAI Holdings, LLC, OpenAI Investment LLC, OpenAI Startup Fund Management, LLC, OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV GP I, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV GP II, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV GP III, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV GP IV, L.L.C., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV I, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV II, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV III, L.P., OpenAI Startup Fund SPV IV, L.P., Aestas Management Company, LLC, and Aestas, LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Mark Somos v. WordPress: Discovery Application (England, Germany & Ireland)

August 1, 2024
Application by Mark Somos, described as "a dual citizen of the United States and a Hungarian national, is a human rights lawyer based in Heidelberg, Germany", to take discovery from Automattic Inc., d.b.a. WordPress and WordPress.com "for use in contemplated lawsuits against an anonymous John Doe(s) in Germany and/or in Ireland/England and Wales" regarding the publication of "hacked and tampered/manipulated confidential email attorney-client communications and other legal communications which contain sensitive information", alleged conduct that is "understood to be at the behest of Qatar", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P. v. Vivo Capital LLC et al: Discovery Application (Cayman Islands)

June 4, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI), L.P., of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Vivo Capital LLC, Vivo Opportunity Fund Holdings, L.P., Vivo Asia Opportunity Fund Holdings, L.P., Vivo Opportunity Co-Invest, L.P., Vivo Panda Fund, L.P., Vivo Opportunity, LLC, Vivo Asia Opportunity, LLC, and Vivo Panda, LLC for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands" regarding "the fair value of the shares of Gracell Biotechnologies Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Interdate S.A. et al v. Arkose Labs Inc.: Complaint

May 3, 2024
Complaint alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement in Interdate S.A. and Be2 Sarl, both of Luxembourg, which "online dating and matchmaking services" v. Arkose Labs Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Translarity Inc. v. Grand Junction Semiconductor Pte Ltd. et al: Complaint

April 23, 2024
Complaint alleging fraud in Translarity Inc. v. Grand Junction Semiconductor Pte Ltd., of Singapore; ZiFund, of China; Alpha Wealth Global Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Pacific Gate Advisors LLC, Robert Marassa, and Huan Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Banco Azteca S.A. v. X Corp. et al: Discovery Application (Mexico)

April 16, 2024
Application by Banco Azteca S.A., of Mexico, to take discovery from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, Inc.; Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., and Google LLC for use in legal proceedings in Mexico regarding "a coordinated multi-national financial terrorism campaign effectuated by mostly anonymous posters", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Gregory Gliner v. Dynadot, Inc.: Discovery Application (England)

April 11, 2024
Application by Gregory Gliner, described as "a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and United States, has worked tirelessly for years to become, and earn a reputation as, a successful and ethical businessman and entrepreneur", to take discovery from Dynadot, Inc. "for use in a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against the person(s) who operate the website PoliticalLore.com and anonymously authored and/or caused to be published on PoliticalLore.com an article defaming him", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Evgeny Mariashin v. Google LLC: Discovery Application (England)

March 28, 2024
Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Yahoo Inc.: Discovery Application (Canada)

March 25, 2024
Application by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to take discovery from Yahoo Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada in which MSA International Management Limited alleged that "CIBC both negligently permitted unauthorized fund transfers from an MSA account and that CIBC froze the balance of the account without justification", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. Nancy Valente: Discovery Application (Bermuda)

January 19, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., described as "an investment fund constituted as a limited partnership in the British Virgin Islands", to take discovery from Nancy Valente for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda" regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Apply Support SL et al v. Adyen NV: Discovery Application (Spain)

December 22, 2023
Application by Apply Support, S.L., Apply Digital Systems B.V., and Apply Digital Systems Holding B.V., described as "a group of companies that created, developed, and own a no code source platform, which is a unique software that allows users with no programming or coding skills to create applications for mobile devices", to take discovery from Adyen N.V. for use in legal proceedings in Spain regarding "intellectual property, and proprietary business information", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California.

Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Unregistered Crypto Securities’)

December 17, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of an unregistered crypto security known as LDO in Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO, described as "a general partnership running an "Ethereum staking" business" that "has ended up staking more than twenty billion dollars at a time" and whose "founders" were identified as "are Kasper Rasmussen, who is Danish and lives in Copenhagen; Vasily Shapovalov, who is Russian and lives in Cyprus; Konstantin Lomashuk, who is Russian and lives in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an external territory of Australia; and Jordan Fish, who is British and whose whereabouts are unknown"; AH Capital Management LLC, d.b.a. Andreesen Horowitz; Paradigm Operations LP, two of whose "agents" were identified as Arjun Balaji and Georgios Konstantopolous; Dragonfly Digital Management LLC, and Robot Ventures LP, described as "an entity used to manage the investments of Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Consumers’ Association v. Samsung Semiconductor Inc. et al: Discovery Application (United Kingdom)

December 7, 2023
Application by the Consumers' Association, described as "a registered charity and company with over 60 years of experience championing consumer rights in the United Kingdom", to take discovery from Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Apple Inc. "for use in a foreign class action litigation pending in the Competition Appeal Tribunal of the United Kingdom, Consumers’ Association v. Qualcomm, Inc.”, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

SEC v. Kraken: Complaint (‘Unregistered Crypto Exchange’)

November 20, 2023
Complaint alleging the defendants operated - in the form of a crypto platform - as a securities exchange, broker/dealer, and clearing agency without being registered in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., collectively doing business as Kraken, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Kartik Patel v. John Does: Complaint (‘$285K Stolen Crypto’)

October 23, 2023
Complaint alleging "Defendants stole cryptocurrency from Plaintiff which at the time of the theft had an approximate value of $285,000.00 pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Kartik Patel v. Defendants 1,2, and 3 and John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Samuel Bankman-Fried v. Continental Casualty Company: Complaint (‘Insurance Coverage’)

October 2, 2023
Complaint alleging breach of contract and insurance bad faith in Samuel Bankman-Fried, described as "a defendant in an ongoing, complex criminal trial relating to alleged conduct related to Paper Bird Inc. and its subsidiary FTX Trading Ltd." v. Continental Casualty Company, described as "Mr. Bankman-Fried’s excess insurer under a directors and officers insurance policy", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Unfair Competition That Damaged Crypto Competitor FTX’)

October 2, 2023
Class Action Complaint "against Defendants for injury under unfair competition and violations of Security Exchange Commission laws for attempts to monopolize the cryptocurrency platform market by hurting the competitor trading platforms operated by the FTX Entities" in Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands crypto firm based in China; BAM Trading Services Inc., BAM Management US Holdings Inc., and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Lorne Tritt et al v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ: Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto Data Breach’)

September 25, 2023
Class Action Complaint "by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and the thousands of similarly situated persons whose cryptocurrency account trading credentials were acquired and/or accessed by unauthorized persons in a data breach (or data breaches) that 3Commas admitted on December 28, 2022" in Lorne Tritt, Bruce Johnson, and Joseph Fishman v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ, described as an Estonia company that "claims to be the largest crypto trading bot platform", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

507 Summit LLC et al v. James Liang: Discovery Application (Cayman Islands)

September 21, 2023
Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

SEC v. NDB Inc. et al: Complaint (‘$1.2M Securities Fraud’)

September 14, 2023
Complaint alleging "the fraudulent offer and sale of securities" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. NDB Inc., described as a Wyoming-domiciled and based "private technology startup company formerly based in San Francisco and Pleasanton, California", and Nima Golsharifi, described as a resident of London, England, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Kevin Gelasio v. Haris bin Zafar et al: Complaint (‘$2.5M NFT Crypto Fraud’)

September 8, 2023
Complaint "about a pseudonymous Internet trickster and amateur artist who thinks his quasi-anonymity and modest notoriety allows him to criminally defraud his ostensible friends and business partners, psychologically manipulate and bully them into silence, and unjustly enrich himself at their expense without facing any repercussions" in Kevin Gelasio, described as "a full-time nurse and part-time cryptocurrency trader" v. Haris bin Zafar, described as a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, and Project Ether Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

USA v. 1.36M Tether & $3.8M USD: Forfeiture Complaint (‘$7M Pig Butchering Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)

August 25, 2023
Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft and laundering of more than $7 million worth of cryptocurrency through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" involving "Pig Butchering" and "an investment platform called NYMEX" in USA v. 1,360,000.748 Tether and $3,859,703.65 formerly held in a Kraken cryptocurrency account at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Bart Stephens v. Jane Doe et al: Complaint (‘$6.3M Crypto Theft’)

August 16, 2023
Complaint by "a victim of attackers who stole over $6.3 million of his digital assets" in P. Bart Stephens, described as "the co-founder of a venture capital firm that invests in digital asset ventures" v. Jane Doe et al at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Hiscox Syndicates Ltd. v. Sam Bankman-Fried et al: Interpleader Complaint (‘FTX Crypto Fraud Insurance Coverage’)

August 9, 2023
Complaint for Interpleader regarding "the multiple insureds’ competing claims to limited proceeds under the Hiscox Policy in connection with the collapse of FTX Trading Ltd. and related entities" in Hiscox Syndicates Limited, of England v. Paper Bird Inc., Samuel Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh, Ramnik Arora, Claire Watanabe, Howard Andrew Fisher, Amy Wu, Zixiao (Gary) Wang, Ryan Salame, Can Sun, Constance Zhe Wang, Luk Wai (Jen) Chan, Natalie Tien, Zane Tackett, Zhongyuan (David) Ma, Daniel Friedberg, Robin Matzke, Patrick Gruhn, Ross Rheingans-Yoo, Nicholas Beckstead, and Jonathan Cheesman at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Leandro Cabo et al v. Fenwick & West LLP: Class Action Complaint (‘FTX Crypto Fraud’)

August 7, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging a law firm participated in a crypto fraud by the FTX Group in Leandro Cabo, of California; Ryan Henderson, of California; Kyle Rupprecht, a citizen and resident of Canada; Vijeth Shetty, of Florida, and Warren Winter, a citizen and resident of Germany v. Fenwick & West LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

SEC v. Sisu Capital LLC et al: Complaint

August 1, 2023
Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sisu Capital LLC, of California, USA; Timothy Overture, of California, USA, and Hansueli Overture, described as a resident of Hallau, Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

FL Distribución S.A. de C.V. v. Sony PlayStation: Discovery Application (Canada)

June 29, 2023
Application by FL Distribución S.A. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from Sony Interactive Entertainment America Trading LLC and Sony Computer Entertainment of America Trading Latin America LLC, both known as Sony PlayStation, for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Michael Williams et al v. Ali Jorani et al: Complaint (‘Africa Crypto Defamation’)

June 28, 2023
Complaint alleging "targeted, repetitive, and persistent defamatory statements" that "Plaintiffs created an illegal security offering" involving a crypto token called 'Africa' in Michael Williams, described as a citizen and resident of Australia who is "a highly successful technology entrepreneur"; Glexia Pty Ltd., of Australia, and Kaddex Pty Ltd., of Australia v. John Doe, described as "an individual or group of individuals using various Twitter handles, including “@5C4MMER"; Ali Jorani, and Artopia.dev, described as "a company of unknown structure", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Yuan Hsu v. Wells Fargo Bank et al: Discovery Application (Taiwan)

June 1, 2023
Application by Yuan Hsu to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S. Bank NA, Citibank NA, and Bank of America NA for use in legal proceedings in Taiwan, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Ltd. v. Brent Irvin: Discovery Application (China)

May 25, 2023
Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Limited to take discovery from Brent Richard Irvin for use in "a copyright infringement lawsuit" in China "against Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Tencent Music Entertainment Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of China.