CBF Industria De Gusa S/A et al v. Amci Holdings,Inc., et al

  1. September 19, 2023

    Steel Mogul Settles $48M Award Fight After 1st Day Of Trial

    A steel magnate settled with a group of Brazilian iron producers over the enforcement of a $48 million arbitral award late Monday, following the first day of a Manhattan jury trial in the more than decade-old dispute.

  2. September 18, 2023

    Steel Mogul Fights $48M Payment As Brazil Iron Trial Opens

    A more-than-decade-old dispute over the enforcement of Brazilian iron producers' $48 million arbitral award went to trial in federal court in Manhattan on Monday, with a successful steel investor's counsel telling jurors he can't be held liable for the contracts of a failed portfolio company.

  3. January 13, 2023

    Coal Magnate To Face Claims Over $48M Award

    A New York federal judge on Friday largely gave the green light to Brazilian iron producers that are looking to enforce a $48 million arbitral award against a steel and coal magnate who allegedly orchestrated a scheme to prevent them from ever collecting their money.

  4. May 05, 2022

    Coal Magnate Says $48M Award Suit Doesn't Belong In NY

    A coal magnate renewed his bid to push litigation over a $48 million arbitral award out of the U.S. courts, saying Thursday that because the case concerned a bankrupt entity's assets, it belonged in Switzerland, whose courts oversaw the bankruptcy.

  5. March 29, 2022

    Iron Cos. Rip 'Gamesmanship' In $48M Arbitration Award Fight

    A group of Brazilian iron companies slammed an early win bid by coal magnate Hans J. Mende and his companies in their nine-year-old case to enforce a $48 million arbitral award over a soured iron sales deal, accusing them of "eleventh-hour gamesmanship" for seeking to have the case sent to Switzerland.

  6. March 14, 2022

    Coal Magnate Says $1M Fee Sanction Unjustified

    A coal magnate who was sanctioned for deleting important arbitration-related emails said Monday that Brazilian iron companies overshot the mark in requesting $1 million to repay doomed discovery efforts, arguing that it isn't clear the companies spent nearly that much.

  7. August 19, 2021

    Coal Cos. Rapped For Missing Emails On Brazilian Iron Buy

    A New York federal judge has sanctioned coal magnate Hans J. Mende and his companies for their "unjustifiable failure" to preserve emails related to a $48 million arbitral award over an iron purchase contract in a suit filed by several Brazilian companies seeking to enforce the award.

  8. July 22, 2021

    Iron Cos. Lose Deposition Bid In Fight With Coal Magnate

    A New York federal court has denied several Brazilian iron companies' attempt to depose more witness testimony related to a coal magnate's control of two firms in their suit seeking to fulfill a $48 million arbitral award against him, ruling that fact discovery is already closed in the case.

  9. November 16, 2020

    Coal Magnate Slams Sanction Bid In $48M Arbitral Award Suit

    A coal magnate fired back Friday against a sanctions bid requested by several Brazilian iron companies that are suing him and his associates to fulfill a $48 million arbitral award, saying it was full of "dramatic allegations."

  10. April 08, 2020

    Coal Magnate Can't Escape Fraud Claims In $48M Award Fight

    A coal magnate failed to convince a New York federal judge to drop fraudulent transfer claims made by Brazilian oil companies seeking to enforce a $48 million arbitral award stemming from soured iron contracts.