A colossal green stone known as the Bahia Emerald may finally return to Brazil after nearly a decade of litigation in the U.S. Judge Reggie B. Walton, of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

A U.S. ruling set in motion the gem’s repatriation to Brazil, where it was first unearthed more than 20 years ago. By Alexandra E. Petri Tales have been told for years about the famed 836-pound ...

A massive, 836lb emerald thought to be worth as much as $1bn, and rumored to be cursed, will return to its home soil of Brazil, a US court ruled this week. “We’re very happy with the decision,” ...

An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...

For more than 15 years, one of the world's most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald — has been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, its ultimate fate uncertain amid ...

LOS ANGELES — It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, ...

Dec 2 (Reuters) - When Mayer Brown litigation partner John Nadolenco got a letter in 2014 inviting him to pitch for work representing Brazil in a case involving a gigantic emerald, he thought the ...

Brazil's government is looking to offer financial guarantees to fund strategic mineral projects and tax incentives for their ...

It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836-pound emerald.