Torres v. E-Land World Co., ltd. et al

  1. April 21, 2017

    Korean Co. Loses Bid For Arbitration In Resort Sale Dispute

    A Korean hotel company must answer allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty from a minority shareholder in a Northern Mariana Islands golf resort owned by the company in commonwealth court, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the company's move to compel arbitration.

  2. April 14, 2016

    Island Resort Deal's Negotiator Must Arbitrate, Court Told

    A minority investor in a Saipan golf course and hotel accusing a majority-stakeholding South Korean conglomerate of fraud cannot skirt the arbitration clause of a sale agreement he helped negotiate, the company told a Northern Mariana Islands federal court Thursday.

  3. April 12, 2016

    Resort Investor Pushes To Keep Sale Suit In Marianas Court

    The minority owner of a Pacific island resort company continued to tell a Northern Mariana Islands federal court Monday that an investment dispute with a South Korean business partner need not be arbitrated, arguing he is not bound by an agreement that mandates it.

  4. March 29, 2016

    Firms Want Resort Sale Suit In Mariana Islands Fed Court

    Subsidiaries of a South Korean conglomerate slammed a bid to send an investment dispute to local Mariana Islands courts Monday, arguing that their fight with the minority owner of a Saipan resort company belongs in the U.S. commonwealth's federal court.

  5. March 25, 2016

    Resort Investor Says Partner's Arbitral Request Doesn't Fly

    The minority owner of a Pacific island resort company can't be forced to arbitrate an investment dispute with his South Korean business partner because he neither signed nor sued under an agreement cited by the Korean company, a Northern Mariana Islands federal judge was told Friday.

  6. February 05, 2016

    Korean Co. Units Say Resort Sale Suit Calls For Arbitration

    Subsidiaries of a South Korean conglomerate on Friday pulled to federal court a lawsuit by a minority investor of a Northern Mariana Islands golf course and hotel who alleges he was defrauded in advance of a stock sale, saying his claims are subject to an international arbitration convention.