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Dailymail.co.uk, 25 Mar 2011A couple claimed their celebrity wedding planner’s ‘arrogant’ and ‘despicable’ actions almost ruined their $300,000 big day.But Melissa Chin and husband Steve Choi have now dropped their $200,000 lawsuit against My Fair Wedding TV host David Tutera after a long-running war of words.Chin - labelled ‘Bridezilla’ by Tutera when she sued him - had accused the star of

Bloomberg, 22 Mar 2011Zain Fancy, who joined Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (OZM) from Morgan Stanley in 2008, sued two units of the New York-based hedge fund manager in Singapore, claiming they withheld $7.9 million in pay and stock that he was owed.Och-Ziff Real Estate Singapore Pte, a venture in which Fancy was the founding partner and executive managing director, had no basis for

Bloomberg, 10 Mar 2011Two Singapore units of Drydocks World LLC, the ship repair unit of state-owned Dubai World, which is attempting to restructure $24.9 billion of debt, were sued in Singapore’s High Court for not paying suppliers.Drydocks World Singapore Pte and Labroy Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte, failed to pay S$6 million ($4.7 million) for goods sold and delivered between May and December

The Malaysian Insider, 6 Mar 2011SINGAPORE, March 5 — A court case in Singapore has shattered the placid veneer that envelopes this little oasis, providing more than enough sensational material for the cocktail circuit.What tops this sensational story is the revelations of the intractable behaviour of a member of the Brunei royal family. Then there is the charge that a prominent Singapore surgeon

Bloomberg, 4 Mar 2011Singapore’s Court of Appeal rejected a bid by four former Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) private banking clients to pursue a $700,000 claim against the bank for selling them complex investment products.“We don’t think there’s any merit in this appeal,” Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said today. A three-judge panel dismissed the case, which claimed there were extraordinary

FrenchTribune.com, 22 Feb 2011Hearing on case against prominent surgeon, Susan Lim's challenge has begun in the court. It is against the Singapore Medical Council (SMC)'s move where disciplinary actions were taken against the surgeon for overcharging a Brunei patient.But whatever may appear to come up, people who are aware of the incident, say that the heart of case is a medical bill that was

Philstar.com, 16 Feb 2011BASISTA, Pangasinan, Philippines — A 41-year-old heartbroken Singaporean woman filed last Valentine’s Day charges of violation of the law on violence against women and children against her Filipino boyfriend for failing to fulfill his promise to marry her.Investigators said the charges against Valdez were later filed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in San Carlos

Bloomberg, 3 Feb 2011Morgan Stanley, accused by a group of Singapore investors of fraudulently wiping out their $154.7 million investment, urged a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing New York isn’t an appropriate place for trial.The complaint by 18 Singapore investors, who seek a judge’s permission to sue on behalf of all purchasers of Morgan Stanley’s Pinnacle Notes, alleged the bank

Malaysia Star, 10 Dec 2010A SINGAPOREAN who lost S$1.8mil (RM4.14mil) in gambling at two casinos in Singapore for three days and nights is being sued for S$240,000 (RM574, 819).It reported that Marina Bay Sands Casino resorted to court action after it failed to obtain the money from..... Full story

Bloomberg, 9 Dec 2010DBS Bank Ltd., a unit of Southeast Asia’s biggest lender, was sued by a client claiming fraudulent and negligent misrepresentations that a $1.5 million Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.-related investment was “sound.”Former DBS banker Desmond Lim Hong Nian had said principal invested in the structured product was safe, according to a Nov. 30 lawsuit filed with the Singapore High

The Chief Officers' Network, 9 Dec 2010On Monday, the Court was told that a press release issued by Renault alleged that the Piquet pair had made up the story in part "to blackmail [the Renault team] into allowing Mr Piquet to drive for the team for the remainder of the 2009 season and they [the Piquets] were therefore guilty of a serious criminal offence."Renault capitulated in the action and

Bloomberg, 8 Dec 2010BNP Paribas Wealth Management was sued by two former private banking clients in Singapore who claim they were deceived into buying high-risk investment products that resulted in an $11 million loss.The loss was because of the global financial turmoil and the couple’s decision to sell the investments, the Paris-based bank said in its filing with the court. Full story

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 30 Nov 2010WASHINGTON—Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $48 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry, the Department of Justice announced today.According to a one-count felony charge filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Singapore-based

Bloomberg, 29 Nov 2010Foxconn Technology Group’s Singapore unit has sued Creative Technology Ltd. for failing to pay $500,576 for supplies and services that Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of electronics, said it provided. Full story