Since 2021, McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team has used the Ponzi Perspectives blog to track Ponzi-related complaints in federal and state courts, analyze key decisions affecting claims against financial institutions, and provide practical guidance for institutions facing suits from defrauded investors, receivers, and trustees. Ponzi litigation continues to proliferate with numerous complaints filed across dozens of
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Haley Usenick Smith
Haley practices in the areas of consumer financial services regulation and financial services litigation. She is also a member of the firm’s Data Privacy and Security team, focusing on compliance issues relating to state and federal privacy laws.
Ponzi Perspectives: 2024 Year-End Roundup
McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team launched its Ponzi Perspectives blog in early 2021. Throughout the past four years, we’ve tracked and posted case alerts on Ponzi-related complaints filed in federal and state courts throughout the country, analyzed key decisions that have the potential to influence controlling law, and posted practical considerations for financial institutions to consider when facing claims from defrauded investors or court appointed receivers and trustees. This 2024 year-end round up summarizes the cases and opinions analyzed throughout the year and highlights anticipated trends for 2025.
Continue Reading… Ponzi Perspectives: 2024 Year-End RoundupNotable Litigation – April 2024
Notable litigation filed during April 2024 includes Fielder v. Bullock.
Fielder v. Bullock, No. 16-JCV-24-641 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
Plaintiff, individually, as Power of Attorney for his parents, and as Trustee of the Fielder Living Trust, filed suit against a defendant schemer in Arkansas state court for losses arising from an alleged Ponzi scheme…
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Notable litigation filed during March 2024 includes SEC v. Sanchez, et al. and four related actions captioned Dottore v. FC Real Estate Development Co., Dottore v. Kensington Pointe Ltd., Dottore v. Seibert Enterprises, Ltd., and Dottore v. Harper.
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McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team launched its Ponzi Perspectives blog in early 2021. Since that time, we’ve posted detailed case alerts of Ponzi-related complaints filed throughout the country and posted key decisions that have the potential to influence controlling law on Ponzi-related issues involving financial institutions. This 2023 year-end round up summarizes the cases and opinions analyzed throughout the year and highlights anticipated trends for 2024.
Continue Reading… Ponzi Perspectives: 2023 Year-End RoundupNotable Litigation – January 2024
Notable litigation filed during January 2024 includes: (1) Bajuri v. Shiba Prop, LLC, et al. and (2) SEC v. Lee, et al.
Continue Reading… Notable Litigation – January 2024Ponzi Perspectives: 2023 Midyear Roundup
Since 2021, McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team has been tracking and posting case alerts on Ponzi-related complaints filed in federal and state courts throughout the country and analyzed key decisions that have the potential to influence controlling law on Ponzi-related issues. The blog also posts practical considerations like effective defenses to dismiss Ponzi litigation and common…
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McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team launched its Ponzi Perspectives blog in early 2021. Since that time, we’ve posted detailed case alerts of Ponzi-related complaints filed throughout the country and posted key decisions that have the potential to influence controlling law on Ponzi-related issues involving financial institutions. This 2022 year-end round up summarizes the cases and opinions analyzed…
Continue Reading… Ponzi Perspectives: 2022 Year-End RoundupNotable Litigation – December 2022
Notable litigation filed during December 2022 includes: (1) Eichler v. Vbit Technol. Corp;. (2) SEC v. Fernandez, et al.; (3) Vincent v. Barber, et al.; (4) O’Dowd v. Barber, et al.; (5) Nguyen v. Barber, et al.; (6) M. Manni v. Barber, et al.; (7) J. Manni v. Barber, et al.; and (8) Ames, et al. v. Nelson, et al.
Continue Reading… Notable Litigation – December 2022Ponzi Perspectives: 2022 Midyear Roundup
McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team launched its Ponzi Perspectives blog in early 2021. Since that time, our focus is to track key cases and decisions that have the potential to influence controlling law on Ponzi-related issues. The blog also offers analysis on practical considerations when defending Ponzi litigation. This 2022 mid-year round up summarizes the new…
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