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Group pleading improper in CFTC enforcement action

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2010

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought an enforcement action against several investment firms and affiliated individuals for the fraudulent operation of a foreign currency trading firm

Misrepresentation of Lehman guaranty supports securities claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2010

An investment company's representation that certain energy bonds were backed by the State of Georgia - when they were in fact guarantied by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. - could subject the firm to liability for securities fraud

Delivery delays don’t support fraud claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

An aircraft seller's fraud claims against a manufacturer were dismissed after a federal court in Connecticut ruled that the seller did not reasonably rely on a "target" delivery date and caused its own injuries by entering restrictive resale contracts

Former LLC's senior trader can pursue federal securities claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 16 2010

A former senior employee and member of a limited liability company can pursue his securities fraud claim against the firm and its managing member because his passive investment in the company supported a claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Plaintiffs fail to allege facts of purposeful deceit

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2010

Allegations that the directors of a technology company inflated the firm's business prospects and understated its potential liabilities will not support a claim for securities fraud because the plaintiffs did not sufficiently allege that the directors knew these projections were false when made

Directors subject to personal liability for alleged securities fraud

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2010

The principals of a pharmaceutical company could be held personally liable for securities fraud based on allegations that the defendants misled investors and used the firm as an alter ego for their own interests

District court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss securities fraud claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2011

A district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claim for securities fraud on the ground that the complaint failed to plead fraud with particularity, as required by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA

Suit arising out of SEC's failure to detect Madoff Ponzi scheme barred by sovereign immunity

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2011

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted defendant United States' motion to dismiss a complaint brought by former investors in the investment advisory firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BMIS) seeking money damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for losses suffered by plaintiffs in connection with the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Mr. Madoff and BMIS

Scienter inadequately pled under the standard set forth in the PSLRA

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 8 2010

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana dismissed plaintiff’s securities fraud action against a nationwide health care benefits provider, and its officers and directors, in which plaintiff alleged that defendants artificially inflated the price of the stock by making certain false and misleading statements

Civil RICO complaint based on alleged diamond scheme dismissed

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • India, USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint based on a series of investments made with a group of India-based companies