March 21, 2018
Canadian investors who say they were duped into funding a sham coal mining operation have had a $6 million arbitral award against the project operator confirmed, with a Kentucky federal judge ruling Tuesday that the challenge to the award came too late.
April 05, 2017
Investors who say they were duped into funding a sham coal mining operation told a Kentucky federal judge Tuesday they notified representatives of the project operator of a $6 million arbitral award against him multiple times before filing suit to enforce it.
March 03, 2017
A Kentucky federal court Friday denied Canadian investors' request for sanctions against the president of a mining company they say is trying to dodge a $6 million arbitration award after a Sixth Circuit decision reopened a dispute over whether the award was properly decided.
October 12, 2016
A group of Canadian investors on Wednesday continued to press their bid for a Kentucky judge to sanction the president of a mining company who they say is evading discovery orders to avoid paying a $6 million arbitral award, saying the court has already rejected his arguments in defense.
October 11, 2016
The president of a mining company that has been ordered to pay a $6 million arbitral award to a group of Canadian investors told a Kentucky federal judge Friday that he had followed the court’s discovery directives and didn’t have to provide information on a bank account he shares with his daughter.
September 29, 2016
Canadian investors who won a $6 million arbitral award from a failed coal mine venture asked a Kentucky federal court Wednesday to sanction the mine operator's president and his lawyers for allegedly failing to produce information about the bank account where his Social Security checks are deposited.
August 04, 2016
A Kentucky coal mining company and its ailing president were ordered Thursday to respond to questions posed by a group of Canadian investors who won a $6 million arbitral award and are trying to zero in on assets that could pay off the judgment.
June 24, 2016
A group of Canadian investors who won a $6 million award from a failed coal mining venture went mostly unpunished for showing up at a deposition of a key witness with an audio recorder instead of a stenographer, with a Kentucky federal judge saying both sides bore some blame for the flub.
June 07, 2016
Canadian investors Tuesday told a Kentucky federal judge to not sanction them for supposedly being unprepared for a deposition amid their efforts to collect a nearly $6 million arbitral award from a coal mine operator, saying its sanctions bid is just "gamesmanship."
May 17, 2016
The operators of a Kentucky coal mine asked a Kentucky federal judge Tuesday to sanction a group of Canadian investors and their counsel after they were purportedly unprepared for a deposition in their efforts to collect a nearly $6 million arbitral award.