November 20, 2018
A Florida federal court confirmed a $500,000 arbitration award issued in favor of a Rio de Janeiro investment firm in its dispute with a Brazilian investor accused of hiding his assets in an attempt to avoid paying the award.
October 17, 2018
A Florida federal judge has shut down a bid by a Brazilian man to nix a lawsuit filed by a Rio de Janeiro investment firm looking to enforce a more than $500,000 arbitration award, finding his many contacts in Florida give the court jurisdiction over him.
April 18, 2017
A Rio de Janeiro investment firm has slammed an investor's request that a Florida federal judge toss an arbitration award confirmation suit for lack of jurisdiction, saying Monday the Brazilian man's claims that he has no substantial ties to the Sunshine State are plainly false.