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Cognac Ferrand S.A.S. v. Mystique Brands LLC

  1. January 13, 2021

    Importer Gets $2M Award OK'd In Snoop Dogg Cognac Fight

    A New York federal judge confirmed Wednesday that a defunct U.S. liquor distributor is owed $2 million in attorney fees and costs following an arbitration with a French cognac company over $35,000 in royalties allegedly owed to rapper Snoop Dogg.

  2. January 08, 2021

    Judge Won't Block French Action On $2M Liquor Deal Award

    A French cognac company has lost its bid to bar a defunct U.S. distributor from enforcing a nearly $2 million arbitral award against it in France while vacatur proceedings are ongoing in New York, after a federal judge called the motion "legally unsupportable."

  3. January 04, 2021

    Liquor Co. Opposes Distributor 'End-Run' Around $2M Award

    A defunct U.S. liquor importer is attempting "nothing less than an end-run" as it seeks to enforce a nearly $2 million arbitral award in France while vacatur proceedings are ongoing in New York federal court, a French cognac producer claimed Monday.

  4. October 08, 2020

    Liquor Importer Seeks Sanctions In 'Outlandish' Award Fight

    A defunct U.S. importer wants a French cognac producer sanctioned for its attempt to avoid paying nearly $2 million in costs after losing arbitration over endorsement royalties allegedly owed to rapper Snoop Dog, saying that the producer took a chance with a "flimsy" arbitration and is now simply trying to skirt the consequences.

  5. September 10, 2020

    Importer Says $2M Award Over Liquor Deal Can Be OK'd

    A defunct U.S. liquor importer is looking to enforce a nearly $2 million costs award it won in arbitration involving the French producer of Landy Cognac, the result of a decade-old dispute stemming in part from the importer's inability to pay $35,000 in endorsement royalties to the rapper Snoop Dogg.