Batios Holdings Ltd. et al v. White Summers Caffee & James LLP: Discovery Application
Ex Parte Application by Cosimo Borrelli, as Receiver of Batios Holdings Limited and Brasspoint Trading Limited, both of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from White Summers Caffee & James LLP, described as a California law firm that "served as former counsel to Batios and Brasspoint, and has refused requests by Petitioner to turn over the BVI Entities' client file, including any information regarding millions of dollars of funds belonging to the BVI Entities that were apparently transferred to the White Summers' client trust account shortly before Borrelli's appointment as Receiver", for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands that, inter alia, involve claims in Cyprus regarding an allegedly "fraudulent scheme" by Mikhail Abyzov, of Russia, that caused Russian bank Alfa-Bank "more than $120 million in losses", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.