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Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Chinese E-Commerce Sellers Sue Amazon and Amazon Payment Processors for Alleged Unfair Competition and Unlawful Conduct

Chinese e-commerce sellers file class-action lawsuit accusing defendants of refusing to remit funds from seller accounts for incentivized reviews activity LOS ANGELES – YK Law LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon and its various payment processor entities on behalf of Chinese e-commerce plaintiffs following the company’s recent ban and delisting of an estimated 50,000+ Amazon Marketplace seller…

YK Law Announces Major Win: TESLA Agrees to Cough Up $1.5 Million to Settle Battery Problem Class Action Lawsuit 

YK Law LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP announce that on behalf of their clients, they have reached an agreement to settle Plaintiffs’ claims regarding Tesla’s  temporary limitation of maximum battery voltage in 1,743 Tesla Model S vehicles. Under the proposed settlement, Tesla will pay $1.5 million towards a common settlement fund, whereby payments of $625 will be…

YK Law LLP: Chinese Investor Sues Cetera Investment Advisors and Cetera Broker Over Off-shore REIT Investment Losses

YK Law LLP (YK Law) has filed an arbitration claim with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on behalf of a Chinese foreign investor (Claimant), who suffered losses as a result of the unsuitable recommendations, failure to disclose material adverse risks, fraud, and misrepresentations which relate to investments in a private offshore Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) previously-named the Beechwood…

Federal Court Rejects “The Herbal Chef” Trademark Claim

In another reminder of the difficulties facing cannabis companies, the Ninth Circuit ruled that The Herbal Chef LLC could not protect its IP against competitors. The case is The Herbal Chef, LLC v. AFG Distribution, Inc. Background The Herbal Chef LLC is a California LLC (Herbal Chef) that offers catering, educational, and advocacy services involving cooking with infused cannabis. Herbal…

Ericsson v. Samsung: Anti-Suit Injunctions in Cross-Border Litigation

by Shuying Lin An anti-suit injunction (ASI) is an order by one court to prevent a party from commencing or continuing the same action in another court. ASIs have long been used in the context of cross-border litigation to preclude the filing of parallel proceedings in another country. ASIs work to allow a party to focus its resources in one…

Section 1782: Obtaining U.S. Discovery For Use in Foreign Proceedings

By Shuying Lin SECTION 1782: OBTAIN U.S. DISCOVERY FOR USE IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS In recent years, 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782 hereinafter) has been an increasingly popular tool to assist fact-finding and obtain evidence for parties involved in global disputes. This statute essentially empowers a foreign litigant to obtain U.S. discovery to gather information to support their cases filed…

Navigating the Arbitration Hearing Process

Arbitration is a private process where disputing parties agree that a third party can make a decision about their dispute. The legal team at YK Law have both domestic and international experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, conciliation, and conflict resolution, as well as vigorous courtroom strategy and advocacy, multi-party and class action lawsuits, and appellate…

The Supreme People’s Court of China Issues Revised Provisions on the Application of Law in the Trial of Private Lending Cases

On August 20, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court of China issued the newly revised “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Private Lending Cases” (the “Provisions”). The Provisions amend the judicial protection ceiling on private lending interest rates, setting the new ceiling at four times China’s one-year Loan Prime…

Creditor’s Rights: A General Overview

As a society attempting to navigate a post-Covid19 pandemic environment, creditor rights are more important than ever before.  Legal issues related to creditor rights, insolvency, and reorganizations represent urgent and critical issues for many creditors during these times.  Bet the company issues for both debtors and creditors include complex chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and chapter 7 liquidations, insolvency, business reorganization,…