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Arbitration provision upheld despite competing agreements

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania compelled arbitration of investors’ claims based on an arbitration provision in subscription agreements despite the fact that the limited partnership agreement, which included an integration clause, contained no arbitration clause

Fourth Circuit reverses dismissal of Section 10(b) claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

The plaintiffs, on behalf of shareholders of a company which owned various mutual funds, alleged, among other things, that the mutual funds’ investment advisor was responsible for certain misleading statements appearing in prospectuses for a number of the funds in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Court denies motion to dismiss breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

The plaintiff corporation sold seventeen containers of apparel to two defendant corporations: Trends Sportswear, Ltd. (Trends Sportswear) and Pretty Girl, Inc. (PG

District Court denies summary judgment on alter ego claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2009

A District Court denied a motion for summary judgment claiming that related defendant corporations were alter egos

District Court grants motion to dismiss false projections claims

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2009

A District Court dismissed class action claims asserted under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Plaintiffs adequately allege Exchange Act violations against Ponzi scheme operators

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2009

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss a complaint alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5

Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of Securities Exchange Act, section 14(a) claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2009

The Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a claim under section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, finding that plaintiff failed adequately to allege that there were misrepresentations in a proxy statement issued during a bidding war for a real estate investment trust

New York federal court dismisses Section 10(b) claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2009

A New York federal court dismissed a claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act because the court found defendants had no duty to disclose the allegedly omitted information

Forward-looking statements held non-actionable under federal securities law

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

Plaintiff brought claims for federal securities fraud against defendants, alleging that defendants made false and misleading statements in a business plan which contained projections which were presented to prospective investors in a natural gas development

Plaintiff sufficiently pled the existence of a securities contract to survive motion to dismiss

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

Plaintiff brought claims for securities fraud under Kentucky’s Blue Sky Laws in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, alleging that defendant convinced plaintiff to invest in International Tractor Co. (ITC), a purported supplier of heavy construction equipment