Section 1782. Magnitsky Act. District court orders parties to confer to narrow the scope of subpoena served on Russian national residing in the United States aimed at obtaining documents in aid of Russian bankruptcy proceeding, over objection that allowing the discovery violated the Magnitsky Act.

Deposit Ins. Agency v. Leontiev, No. 17-MC-00414 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2018) [click for opinion]

Filed under:
Russia, USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Baker McKenzie
Authors:
Michael Lehrman
Location:
Russia, USA
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Bankruptcy. Discovery. Sanctions. Bankruptcy court sanctions attorney for failing to make reasonable efforts to obtain discovery materials held outside the U.S. by incarcerated debtor's agents and attorneys.

In re Markus, 607 B.R. 379 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2019) [click for opinion]  

Filed under:
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Baker McKenzie, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Title 11 of the US Code, United States bankruptcy court
Authors:
David Zaslowsky , Grant Hanessian , Michael Lehrman
Location:
USA
Firm:
Baker McKenzie