Notable litigation filed during December 2023 includes: (1) Wells, et al. v. Edisto River Investors, LLC, et al.; (2) Dagan, et al. v. Greenfield, et al.; (3) SEC v. Agridime LLC, et al.; and (4) Barnett, et al. v. Bey, et al.
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Notable Litigation – October 2023
By Alexandra Farley on
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Notable litigation filed during October 2023 includes: California Land Acquisition and Development Inc. v. Eran Drori, et al. Additionally, cryptocurrency and the potential for fraud surrounding the increasingly popular industry were on display during the month of October with the trial and conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange company FTX.
Notable Litigation – July 2023
By Jenny Yi on
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Notable litigation filed during July 2023 includes: (1) O’Keefe v. Multicoin Cap. Mgmt. LLC; (2) Bledsoe v. Order of Magnitude Ventures LLC; (3) O’Keefe v. Farmington State Bank; and (4) SEC v. Tadrus.
New Complaint – Puleo, et al. v. Nelson, et al.
By Anthony Le on
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Puleo, et al. v. Nelson, et al. was filed in the Central District of California on August 10, 2021, seeking damages based on more than thirty claims for violation of various state and federal securities laws, elder financial abuse, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with a real estate Ponzi scheme.
Plaintiffs are numerous individual and trustee investors who invested in student housing projects either as individuals, through their business enterprises, or as trustees of trusts. Defendants are Nelson Partners, a California limited liability company that sponsored the offering of the real estate interests, Patrick Nelson as the sole owner, president, and chief executive officer of Nelson Partners (collectively, “Nelson Partners”), Axonic Capital LLC, a hedge fund (“Axonic”), and various other individual and corporate investment advisors and funds affiliated with Nelson Partners and Axonic.
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New Complaint – Ballard v. NTB Financial Corporation
By Katherine A. Garland on
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Ballard v. NTB Financial Corporation was filed in the Arapahoe County District Court on July 7, 2021, claiming that Defendants conspired with Financial Visions, Inc. (“FV”) and its principal, Dan Rudden (“Rudden”), to induce investors into purchasing unregistered securities in violation of antifraud provisions of the Colorado Securities Act.
Plaintiffs are individuals and a business entity who invested in promissory notes sold by FV and Rudden. Defendants are NTB Financial Corporation (“NTB”), an investment firm based in Denver, Colorado, and George Louis McCaffrey III, a registered representative employed by NTB that is alleged to have advised certain clients to invest in the unregistered promissory notes.
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