Sentences with phrase «securities fraud lawsuits»

We also represent private companies and their officers and directors who find themselves the subject of securities fraud lawsuits and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

The lawsuit claims that Birmingham - based MedPartners, a physician practice management company once led by former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, lied to its shareholders about how much the company could pay to settle securities fraud lawsuits in 1999.

He has represented clients in matters related to Ponzi schemes, securities fraud lawsuits, employment practices violations, construction mishaps and defects, hurricane damage and environmental contamination.

Even before being hit with a federal securities fraud lawsuit by the SEC and independent perjury charges by the DOJ last month, the founder of a now - defunct cryptocurrency exchange had left a trail of lawsuits.

Won a complete dismissal on summary judgment for a Hong Kong investment bank in a $ 100 million - plus securities fraud lawsuit filed in the Central District of California arising from an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

CoinDesk reported a securities fraud lawsuit has already been filed in California against the founders behind one of the year's most successful ICOs, the $ 232 million Tezos token sale.

Not exact matches

Another first for Bitcoin, but an ignominious one: The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed its first fraud lawsuit involving the virtual currency, claiming it was used in a Ponzi scheme.

Companies registered at 2710 Thomes Avenue have been named in a dozen civil lawsuits alleging unpaid taxes, securities fraud and trademark infringement since 2007, a review of Westlaw data shows.

Tezos co-founders Arthur and Kathleen Breitman are reportedly hoping to use money raised in the company's token offering to pay their legal bills as they defend themselves against class - action lawsuits alleging fraud and the sale of unregistered securities.

ATLANTA — Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says in a new federal lawsuit.

The U.S. Justice Department had just filed a 198 - page lawsuit against Barclays in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York replete with allegations of breathtaking securities fraud.

You further said that the SEC's lawsuit, charging securities fraud, wasn't serious enough to affect the firm's reputation.

The differing statements raised questions about whether the cities may have committed securities fraud, or if the lawsuits themselves were filed in bad faith.

Arnold Rissman, defense of a $ 100 + million securities fraud and duress lawsuit related to the sale of Tiger Electronics to Hasbro, Inc., which victory was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Hemmat has also brought hundreds of lawsuits against negligent manufacturers, work site injury claims, defective products, surgical negligence, semi-truck driver negligence, doctor negligence, lawyer negligence, as well as corporate fraud, securities fraud, and countless bad faith insurance misconduct claims.

On May 10, 2016, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in a 31 - page decision, dismissed a putative class action lawsuit for securities fraud against Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited.

Wray's lawsuit, embedded below, alleges that Wray «suffered significant money damages at the hands of Fisker and Advanced Equities,» because of a «corporate securities bait - and - switch,» a breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud and deceit in connection to sales of Fisker securities.

While pre-DAO token offerings may be receiving a pass from the SEC, many of the most successful offerings have been hit by class action lawsuits that allege the ICOs in question were unregistered securities and thus committing fraud.

Previous lawsuits filed in relation to the Tezos ICO contained allegations of securities law violations and investor fraud.

Towards the end of last year, Maksim Zaslavskiy was hit with several lawsuits regarding an inital coin offering (ICO) that was deemed an unregistered security by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with alleged acts of fraud.

A task force of federal and state investigators issued a warning to banks on Tuesday that more lawsuits are coming from alleged fraud that occurred with the selling of mortgage - backed securities with home loans during the financial crisis.

That letter, coupled with lawsuits filed against Idaho - based sponsor DBSI Inc. and its entities for alleged securities fraud among other charges, will likely force real estate sponsors to curb their activity — at least in the short term.