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BREAKING NEWS: The New York appellate court for the First Department has unanimously concluded that money judgments from China are recognizable in New York under the Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act. This decision reverses the lower court’s erroneous order in the matter of Shanghai Yongrun Inv. Mgt. Co., Ltd. v Kashi Galaxy Venture Capital Co.,
DGW Kramer LLP recently achieved the successful resolution of two intellectual property disputes, on behalf of a Chinese e-commerce company that operates through Instagram and other platforms to sell products to U.S. consumers. The matters were brought by the well-known brands of Chanel, Michael Kors, and Versace in federal court for the Southern District of Florida,
DGW Kramer LLP recently prevailed in convincing the District Court for the Middle District of Florida to deny a motion to compel arbitration. In the matter of Shandong Luxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Camphor Technologies, Inc., the court ruled on December 23, 2021, that arbitration should not be compelled. DGW Kramer’s client, Luxi Pharmaceutical, contended that
On October 18, 2021, DGW Kramer LLP litigation partner Katie Burghardt Kramer gave a guest presentation to students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, regarding Section 1782 discovery and cross-border judgment enforcement. Ms. Kramer was invited by Assistant Professor Yanbai Andrea Wang to present as part of a course entitled “Litigating Across Borders.” The
On August 6, 2021, attorneys Katie Burghardt Kramer and Gareth Turo wrapped up a week-long civil jury trial, with the excellent result of a complete dismissal of all claims against their client personally after the close of evidence. The case involved a New York LLC against a California LLC and its managing member, and stemmed from a
DGW Kramer LLP represents two judgment creditors in their international efforts to satisfy monetary judgments valued over USD $50 million. After extensive investigation and asset research, litigators at DGW Kramer LLP successfully located the judgment debtor, who fled China upon being declared insolvent, and traced his substantial asset holdings in New Zealand. As a consequence