A new claimant — the Brazilian government — has come into the long and contentious court battle over the Bahia Emerald, an 840-pound gemstone worth as much as $400 million.
“The Bahia Emerald is a national treasure of The Federative Republic of Brazil that was illegally mined, illegally transported, illegally exported to the United States and almost certainly illegally imported into the United States,” John Nadolenco, a partner at Mayer Brown in Los Angeles, wrote in a motion he filed on Brazil’s behalf on Sept. 15 to specially appear in a case involving competing claims over the gem. A judge in Los Angeles is set to hear Brazil’s arguments on Jan. 28.
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