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| Mexican Companies Sue Yahoo, |
| Mexican Companies Sue Yahoo, Allege Conspiracy to Avoid $2.7 Billion Judgment
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 12-September-2014
5:40:2 AM |
| Two Mexican companies have sued Yahoo Inc and a law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York federal court, accusing them of engineering a conspiracy to avoid a $2.7 billion judgment issued by a Mexican court in 2012.
In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, Worldwide Directories S.A. de C.V. and Ideas Interactivas S.A. de C.V. said Yahoo and Baker & McKenzie enlisted the help of a senior Mexican judge and other court personnel to "corrupt the appeals process and overturn the judgment."
"This is a frivolous attempt to revive interest in a meritless lawsuit, and we will vigorously defend against these baseless claims," said a Yahoo spokeswoman.
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A Baker & McKenzie spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
The case stems from a contractual dispute over deals between Yahoo and the companies over an online search project in Mexico. The companies filed a lawsuit in 2011 in Mexico, claiming Yahoo had breached its duties by terminating the agreements prematurely.
A Mexican judge issued a $2.7 billion preliminary judgment in December 2012. The size of the damages came as a surprise to investors and other observers of the tech industry.
According to Thursday's lawsuit, Yahoo and its lawyers at Baker & McKenzie successfully reduced the award to $172,500 by instructing a corrupt Mexican federal judge to meet in secret with the appellate chief judge and "intimidate" her into slashing the damages
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