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Massachusetts District Court affirms scienter requirement of false statement crime

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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May 24 2013

The District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently held that in order to obtain a conviction for making a false statement to a government

Total settles FCPA bribery claims for $398m

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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May 31 2013

On May 29, French oil and gas company, Total SA, agreed to pay $398 million to settle US civil and criminal allegations that it paid bribes to win

Gaming company’s regulatory delays insufficient to give rise to a securities fraud claim

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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May 3 2013

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed securities fraud claims against WMS Industries (WMS), a gaming and slot machine

Grand jury indicts Swiss lawyer and banker in tax evasion scheme

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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April 26 2013

A New York federal grand jury recently indicted a Swiss lawyer and bank executive for their roles in allegedly assisting US citizens with hiding

Statute of frauds bars claim for recommending investment in Ponzi scheme

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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July 31 2009

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of a complaint by South Cherry Street, LLC, alleging that Hennessee Group LLC breached an oral contract to provide investment advisory services

Section 20A liability must be based on violation that involves insider trading

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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June 6 2008

A federal District Court granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a claim under Section 20A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which provides a private right of action against persons engaged in insider trading

Illinois district court dismisses action based on lack of personal jurisdiction over individual corporate officers

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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March 2 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed certain claims against individual defendants in a fraud suit, holding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over those defendants

Corrective disclosure must provide new facts or fraud-revealing analysis

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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August 22 2008

After a jury found that the defendant committed securities fraud under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, a district court granted the defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law

Investment in “tenancy in common” interests provided basis for securities violations

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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December 18 2009

The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment to the Securities and Exchange Commission in a securities fraud case involving a large-scale real estate securitization and management business

Single scheme did not constitute pattern of racketeering activity

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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February 20 2009

An individual investor in, as well as the corporate manager of, a Provincetown, Massachusetts, resort brought an action alleging, among other things, violations of federal and state RICO statutes against several other investors in the resort

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