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Extraction Summary
17
People
6
Organizations
6
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
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Email (containing a news article or legal summary)
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2.12 MB
Summary
This document is an email dated August 13, 2016, sent by Daniel Schecter to Kathy Ruemmler and others at Latham & Watkins. The email contains the text of a news article or legal summary detailing a court victory for their client, Emirates NBD Bank, against InfoSpan and Mr. Scudder. The text highlights Ruemmler's defense strategy, specifically how she countered the plaintiff's emotional testimony regarding his detention in the UAE.
People (17)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Daniel Schecter | Sender / Lawyer |
Sent the email; quoted in the text discussing legal strategy.
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| Kathy Ruemmler | Recipient / Lawyer (Latham) |
Recipient of email; heavily quoted in the text regarding her defense strategy in the Scudder/InfoSpan case.
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| Mr. Scudder | Plaintiff |
Individual who was detained in UAE and sued the bank; gave emotional testimony.
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| Isaacson | Lawyer (Plaintiff side) |
Attorney for Scudder who argued the bank committed extortion.
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| Judge Selna | Judge |
Presiding judge who instructed the jury on Dubai law practices.
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| Lubna Qassim | Chief Group General Counsel |
Representative for Emirates NBD Bank who provided a statement.
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| Jenna Greene | Author/Journalist |
Author of the text/article included in the email.
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| Frank Pizzurro | Recipient |
Email recipient (LA office).
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| Dean Dunlavey | Recipient |
Email recipient (OC office).
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| Nima Mohebbi | Recipient / Associate |
Email recipient (LA office); listed as part of the Latham team.
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| Andrew Fossum | Counsel |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Stephanie Grace | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Jonathan Sandler | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Jacquelyn Levien | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Elizabeth Greenman | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Pushkal Mishra | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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| Tom Rickeman | Associate |
Member of the Latham team.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Emirates NBD Bank |
Defendant in the lawsuit; won the case.
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| InfoSpan |
Company associated with Mr. Scudder.
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| Latham (Latham & Watkins) |
Law firm representing Emirates NBD Bank.
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| The Lit Daily |
Publication that received the statement from Lubna Qassim.
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Platform mentioned for contacting the author.
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| BlackBerry |
Device manufacturer (email sent from BlackBerry 10).
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Timeline (3 events)
Approx 2007 (9 years prior to 2016)
Detention of Mr. Scudder in UAE for 19 hours and passport seizure for 6 months.
UAE
Mr. Scudder
UAE Police
August 13, 2016
Email sent from Daniel Schecter to colleagues regarding trial coverage.
N/A
Prior to Aug 2016
Locations (6)
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United Arab Emirates, where the detention occurred.
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City where the criminal complaint for fraud was filed.
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Jurisdiction where the trial took place.
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LA
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Los Angeles (Location for Pizzurro and Mohebbi).
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OC
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Orange County (Location for Dunlavey).
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Washington D.C. (Location for Ruemmler).
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Relationships (2)
Both on email chain; both mentioned as part of legal team.
Ruemmler defended the bank in court.
Key Quotes (4)
"He was detained for less than 24 hours, nine years ago; and then, he was in his corporate apartment and had $300,000 to live for, like, about six months."Source
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"I will leave to you to evaluate the sincerity of those tears in light of all the other evidence that you have heard in this case."Source
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"It was a binary case--either they lied or we lied."Source
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Quote #3
"While there was no basis for this case being tried in U.S. courts, Emirates NBD Bank is deeply gratified by the jury's decision..."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,908 characters)
He was handcuffed to a chair, then transferred to a cell with 30 people before being released 19 hours later, at 1 am. And then, the police kept his passport for six months before he could finally leave the country.
On the stand, he cried when he spoke about the ordeal.
Isaacson in his closing repeatedly called it extortion. "Because when the bank held Mr. Scudder's passport--I'm sorry, caused his passport to held, that just didn't cause personal pain for Mr. Scudder," he said. "What it did was give the opportunity for the bank to control the technology, to control the situation, because now InfoSpan couldn't compete in the UAE because of the fears that this type of thing would happen. And it also gave him the opportunity to try and extort money and control of the technology from InfoSpan."
How do you counter that?
Ruemmler was not available for an interview, but Schecter said pretrial research showed people expect that if you do business overseas, you'll comply with the laws of the foreign country. And in UAE, this is how they handle fraud.
"Judge Selna has instructed you that filing a criminal complaint in Dubai for fraud is a common practice and that if you've been cheated, that's what you're supposed to do," Ruemmler said.
What about Scudder's emotional testimony?
She undercut it without coming across as callous--a fine line.
"Now, I have to mention the tears. And this is the only thing I'm going to say about it," Ruemmler said. "He was detained for less than 24 hours, nine years ago; and then, he was in his corporate apartment and had $300,000 to live for, like, about six months. I'm just going to say this: I will leave to you to evaluate the sincerity of those tears in light of all the other evidence that you have heard in this case."
And then she immediately talked about how he "basically, had faked a document."
It worked. After about a day of deliberation, the jury found across the board for Emirates NBD Bank.
"It was a binary case--either they lied or we lied," said Schecter. "The plaintiff's strategy was all or nothing. There were no off-ramps for the jury."
The Latham team also included counsel Andrew Fossum and associates Nima Mohebbi, Stephanie Grace, Jonathan Sandler, Jacquelyn Levien, Elizabeth Greenman, Pushkal Mishra and Tom Rickeman.
In a statement to The Lit Daily, Lubna Qassim, chief group general counsel and company secretary of the Emirates NBD, said, "While there was no basis for this case being tried in U.S. courts, Emirates NBD Bank is deeply gratified by the jury's decision and appreciates the court's commitment to ensuring a fair trial."
Contact Jenna Greene at [REDACTED] or on Twitter@jgreenejenna.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Schecter, Daniel (CC)
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:34 PM
To: Pizzurro, Frank (LA); Dunlavey, Dean (OC); Mohebbi, Nima (LA); Ruemmler, Kathy (DC)
From: Schecter, Daniel (CC)
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:34 PM
To: Pizzurro, Frank (LA); Dunlavey, Dean (OC); Mohebbi, Nima (LA); Ruemmler, Kathy (DC)
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