Liquidation

Yahoo Fights Irish Bank’s Demand for Emails

04/27/16

A fight has erupted in a Delaware bankruptcy court pitting Internet company Yahoo Inc. against officials winding down a failed Irish bank.

On one side are officials overseeing the bankruptcy of the Irish Bank Resolution Corp., a state-backed bank liquidating the remnants of Anglo Irish Bank. The officials want access to an email account created by a man named Abdullah Rasimov that may provide clues to how a former billionaire businessman allegedly stashed assets beyond their reach.

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