Ashot Yegiazaryan, aka Ashot Egiazaryan, Petitioner v. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al.

  1. June 22, 2023

    Justices Greenlight RICO To Enforce Arbitration Award

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that U.S. racketeering law may be used to enforce foreign arbitral awards, forging a new path for award creditors whose attempts to collect what they're owed have previously been stymied by debtors who hide seizable assets.

  2. April 25, 2023

    Justices Seem Open To RICO Claim In $92M Award Feud

    The U.S. Supreme Court appeared amenable during oral arguments on Tuesday to ruling that a Russian businessman has standing to use racketeering law in his efforts to enforce a $92 million arbitral award, while nevertheless indicating that other issues could make the ruling a narrow one.

  3. April 21, 2023

    Up Next At High Court: How To Preserve Issues For Appeal

    In its final week of arguments this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle an appellate procedural issue that it has passed over nearly a dozen times before.

  4. April 05, 2023

    Justices Pressed To Greenlight RICO To Enforce Arb. Award

    Columbia law professor George Bermann is backing a Russian businessman's efforts to use U.S. racketeering law to enforce a $92 million arbitral award, telling the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the award debtor's conduct risks causing "very serious damage" to the international arbitration system.

  5. March 31, 2023

    Supreme Court Urged To Apply RICO To Foreign Arb. Award

    A Russian businessman accusing a Monaco bank and an ex-business associate of hiding assets has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that litigants can use federal racketeering laws to enforce international arbitration awards.

  6. March 06, 2023

    Legal Foundation Asks High Court To Bar Russian RICO Claim

    Warning of a potential wave of lawsuits by foreign parties in U.S. courts, the Washington Legal Foundation advised the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that allowed a resident of Russia to file a federal racketeering claim in California.

  7. February 28, 2023

    Ex-Russian Lawmaker Says RICO Can't Back Up Award

    A former Russian lawmaker has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a federal racketeering law can't be used to track down his assets, since the individual seeking them does not live in this country.

  8. January 13, 2023

    Justices Take Up $92M Racketeering Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday afternoon to consider whether a foreign party that has won an international arbitral award can use U.S. racketeering statutes to try to enforce it, in a case involving a $92 million arbitral award issued in a Russian real estate dispute.

  9. November 28, 2022

    Justices Told To Pass Up $92M Racketeering Suit

    A Russian citizen urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a Ninth Circuit decision reviving his racketeering claims against a former business partner and a Monaco bank, arguing their alleged attempts to thwart a $92 million judgment constitute a "domestic injury" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

  10. November 01, 2022

    Supreme Court Asked To Weigh In On $92M Racketeering Suit

    A Monaco bank and an alleged Russian real estate fraudster have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a racketeering lawsuit, urging the justices to resolve disparities among three circuit courts in their determination of what constitutes a domestic injury in RICO claims.