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On July 29, 2026, HGT Law secured a victory in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Serenity Investments, LLC, et al. v. Sun Hung Kai Strategic Capital, Ltd., No. 24-6686. Arguing on behalf of Sun Hung Kai Strategic Capital, Ltd. (“SHK”), HGT Law persuaded the Ninth Circuit to reverse a grant of summary judgment and to hold, in a published opinion, that conversion is a strict liability tort for which a defendant may seek equitable indemnity from concurrent negligent tortfeasors.

On March 17, 2026, HGT Law prevailed in a derivative action brought on behalf of Legend International Investment, LP (“Legend LP”) in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Riverside, obtaining a judgment for over $10 million. Legend LP was formed to receive foreign investor money under the EB-5 immigrant investor program and to develop a commercial business center in Riverside. HGT Law represented a limited partner in bringing claims derivatively on behalf of Legend LP, alleging that Legend LP’s general partners had unlawfully enriched themselves, their principals, and their affiliates at the expense of the partnership.

On December 3, 2025, HGT Law filed a derivative lawsuit (“Lawsuit”) on behalf of the residents of the Metropolis, a multi-phase, mixed-use master planned community located on a full city block in downtown Los Angeles. The lawsuit is brought against various directors of the board of the Metropolis Master Association (“Master HOA”), as well as the management company of Master HOA, FirstService Residential California LLC (“FirstService,” and collectively “Defendants”). The Lawsuit asserts claims for breaches of fiduciary duty arising from the failure to collect assessments on developer-owned units within the Metropolis project in downtown Los Angeles, and from the conduct of unlawful elections that have disenfranchised the unit owners of the Metropolis project.