July 26, 2018
Bankrupt New Jersey trading firm Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.'s trustee does not intend to collect a $2.6 million arbitral award against Peruvian cocoa and coffee growing concern Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda., saying he wants to close the action, a New York federal judge has been told.
October 17, 2016
A cocoa trader is asking the Second Circuit to revisit a New York federal judge's decision to free a Peruvian cocoa and coffee growing cooperative from a $2.6 million arbitral award after concluding there was insufficient evidence to show the farmers knew they had agreed to arbitrate any disputes.
September 23, 2016
A New York federal judge has freed a Peruvian cocoa and coffee growing cooperative from a $2.6 million arbitral award, saying a cocoa trader never showed that the farmers "actually knew" that their contracts included references to an arbitration agreement.
May 27, 2016
A New Jersey-based cocoa trading house pressed a New York federal court Thursday to cement a $2.6 million arbitration award it won against an agricultural cooperative of Peruvian cocoa and coffee farmers in a contract dispute, rejecting the contention that the award should instead be vacated.
May 06, 2016
An agricultural cooperative of Peruvian cocoa and coffee farmers asked a New York federal court Thursday to vacate a $2.6 million award issued in a dispute with a global commodities conglomerate, saying it was "blindsided" by the arbitration and unable to defend itself during the English-only proceedings.