SCOTUS to Hear Argument in Consolidated Smagin Appeals

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, SCOTUS is set to hear oral argument in two consolidated cases, Yegiazaryan v. Smagin and CMB Monaco v. Smagin. The main issue in these cases is whether actions interfering with a domesticated award could constitute a "domestic injury" for the purposes of a RICO action.

We collect below a list of articles covering these cases.

Morgan Cloud, Two Russian citizens face off at Supreme Court in international racketeering dispute, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 21, 2023, 4:26 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/04/two-russian-citizens-face-off-at-supreme-court-in-international-racketeering-dispute/

Judgment Enforcement Watch, SCOTUS to Decide if RICO Claim Arising from Arbitration Award Valid (Apr. 3, 2023), https://www.judgmentenforcementwatch.com/post/scotus-to-decide-if-rico-claim-arising-from-arbitration-award-valid

Transnational Litigation Blog, Paper Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Some Thoughts on Smagin v. Yegiazaryan (Mar. 21, 2023), https://tlblog.org/paper-tiger-hidden-dragon-some-thoughts-on-smagin-v-yegiazaryan/

Washington Legal Foundation, YEGIAZARYAN V. SMAGIN (Mar. 6, 2023), https://www.wlf.org/case/yegiazaryan-v-smagin/

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert to Resolve Split in $92M Racketeering Suit (Feb. 22, 2023), https://www.hsgllp.com/about-news-556

Max B. Chester & Gerald S. Kerska, Availability of RICO Claims to Foreign Holders of Arbitral Awards, Foley & Lardner LLP (Feb. 10, 2023), https://www.foley.com/en/insights/publications/2023/02/rico-claims-foreign-holders-arbitral-awards

Charles Kotuby, Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, Civil RICO, and the Enforcement of Foreign Awards in the United States, Conflict of Laws Blog (Jan. 18, 2023), https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/yegiazaryan-v-smagin-civil-rico-and-the-enforcement-of-foreign-awards-in-the-united-states/

King & Spalding LLP, The U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Cases Regarding Whether and When Non-U.S. Plaintiffs May Use RICO to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Awards (Jan. 17, 2023), https://www.kslaw.com/news-and-insights/the-us-supreme-court-agrees-to-decide-cases-regarding-whether-and-when-non-us-plaintiffs-may-use-rico-to-enforce-foreign-arbitral-awards

Edward Kang, Legal Intelligencer: Sophisticated Schemers Beware: Civil RICO Expands Creditors’ Arsenal (Jan. 5, 2023), https://www.khflaw.com/news/sophisticated-schemers-beware-civil-rico-expands-creditors-arsenal/

Jay Adkisson, Ninth Circuit Expands Use Of Civil RICO Against Debtors And Their Affiliated Entities And Persons In Smagin, Forbes (Jul. 25, 2022), https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2022/07/25/ninth-circuit-expands-use-of-civil-rico-against-debtors-and-their-affiliated-entities-and-persons-in-smagin/?sh=47bc798259a0