Tradeline Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. Jess Smith & Sons Cotton, LLC, et al

  1. April 29, 2021

    Judge OKs Subpoena Reach That IDs $8.9M Litigation Funder

    A California federal judge granted a U.S. cotton producer's subpoena scope to compel more documents in an $8.9 million litigation funding suit and accommodated arguments that revealing the lenders' identities would "do irreparable damages" to its business.

  2. November 13, 2020

    Cotton Co. Requests Sanctions For $8.9M Litigation Funder

    A U.S. cotton company asked a California federal judge Thursday to sanction the lender it believes is responsible for funding an Indian yarn company's failed $8.9 million antitrust suit against it, claiming Arrowhead Capital LLC is attempting to "stonewall" post-judgment discovery.

  3. September 17, 2019

    Quinn Emanuel Wants Out Of $8.9M Arbitration Award Row

    Quinn Emanuel urged a California federal judge on Monday to let the firm withdraw as counsel for a broke Indian yarn company that was ordered to pay $8.9 million to two U.S. cotton suppliers after an unsuccessful antitrust suit against them.

  4. February 22, 2019

    Cotton Cos. Push To Tie Litigation Funder To $8.9M Award

    Two U.S. cotton companies that were handed an $8.9 million arbitration award in a dispute against an Indian yarn spinner have again urged a California federal court to rule that a litigation funder used by their opponent should also be responsible for the judgment, saying the Indian company lied about its ability to pay.

  5. December 19, 2018

    Litigation Funder On Hook For $8.9M Award, Cotton Cos. Say

    Two U.S. cotton companies that were handed an $8.9 million arbitration award in a dispute against an Indian yarn spinner told a California federal judge Wednesday that a litigation funder used by their opponent in association with the case should also be responsible for the judgment.

  6. July 12, 2018

    Cotton Cos. Win Confirmation Of $8.9M Arbitration Award

    A California federal judge has affirmed an $8.9 million arbitration award secured by two U.S. cotton companies against an Indian yarn spinner that unsuccessfully lodged competition claims against them, shooting down the foreign company's claims that the matter shouldn't have been sent to arbitration in the first place.

  7. June 12, 2018

    Cotton Cos. Urge Court To Confirm $9M Arbitration Award

    Two U.S. cotton companies doubled down on their request that a California federal judge confirm an $8.9 million arbitration award against an Indian yarn spinner that unsuccessfully lodged competition claims against the pair, saying Monday that the foreign company's opposition holds no water.

  8. June 05, 2018

    'To Err Is Human,' Yarn Co. Says Of Judge's Arbitration Order

    "To err, as Pope wrote, is human," an Indian yarn spinner told a California federal judge, quoting the English poet Alexander Pope while asking him to rethink his arbitration order in a dispute in which it accused two U.S. cotton companies of plotting to shut it out of the market and inflicting $100 million in damages.

  9. August 02, 2016

    Indian Yarn Co. Ordered To Arbitrate $300M Antitrust Row

    An Indian yarn spinner that accused two U.S. cotton companies of plotting to shut it out of the market and inflicting $100 million in damages has been ordered by a California federal judge to arbitrate the dispute under an agreement it made with their trade association.

  10. April 14, 2016

    Cotton Cos., Yarn Firm Say Mediation Won't Settle $300M Row

    Two California cotton producers and a South Indian yarn company continued to butt heads about the future of their $300 million antitrust fight in California federal court on Wednesday, but agreed in a joint status report that early mediation won't help settle the dispute.