Salans

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from King & Spalding LLP for use in criminal proceedings in Kazakhstan regarding suspected fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering involving Anatolie Stati and Gabriel Stati and "their group of affiliated companies which they have owned or controlled", including Ascom Group SA, of Moldova; Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., of Gibraltar, and Hayden Intervest Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A 68-year-old United States resident is suing a British Virgin Islands-registered hedge fund that he claims swindled him out of $432,245.The action against Runnymede Master Fund was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California on December 14, 2004 by Paul G. McManigal and two of his retirement accounts.