NEXT INVESTMENTS, LLC v. BANK OF CHINA

Docket No. 20-602-cv August Term, 2020.

12 F.4th 119 (2021)

NEXT INVESTMENTS, LLC, Interested Party-Appellant, v. BANK OF CHINA, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank, China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Weigel ( Howard S. Hogan , Matthew S. Rozen , Lauren M. L. Nagin on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY & Washington, DC, for Interested Party-Appellant.

Sanford I. Weisburst , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY ( David G. Hille , Jacqueline I. Chung , White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Carey R. Ramos , Cory D. Struble , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief) for Appellees Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank, China Merchants Bank, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited.

Adam S. Hoffinger , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC ( Gary Stein , Robert E. Griffin , Thomas L. Mott , Hannah M. Thibideau , Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief) for Appellee Agricultural Bank of China.

Matthew J. Oppenheim , Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Association of American Publishers, Inc. in support of Appellant.

Lauren Beth Emerson , Robert M. Isackson , Cameron Rueber , Peter S. Sloane , Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY, for Amici Curiae Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection and American Apparel & Footwear Association in support of Appellant.

Joshua A. Goldberg , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Banking Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association in support of Appellees.

Roberto J. Gonzalez , Brad S. Karp , H. Christopher Boehning , Jessica S. Carey , Ethan C. Stern , Xinshu Sui , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC & New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Institute of International Bankers and European Banking Federation in support of Appellees.

Before: Newman, Park, and Menashi, Circuit Judges.


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