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January 18, 2019
Madoff Investors Can't Evade Clawback By Withdrawing Claim
A Manhattan bankruptcy judge rejected arguments by three “net winners” in the Madoff Ponzi scheme on Friday that he lost authority to hear a $2.8 million clawback action against them when they dropped their own claim against the bankruptcy estate.
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January 18, 2019
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The last week has seen former Rabobank trader Anthony Conti sue his old employer, ArcelorMittal take Essar’s investment manager to court months after acquiring its steel business, and the managing director of AlixPartners sue a prominent Irish businessman and a British property tycoon. Here, Law360 looks at those and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 18, 2019
Prison Co. Stock’s Non-Reaction To Disclosures Dooms Cert.
A Tennessee federal judge declined Friday to certify a class of investors who allege that private prison operator CoreCivic Inc. misrepresented its safety, security and rehabilitation standards, saying shares of the company didn’t decline when the supposed misstatements were first revealed.
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January 18, 2019
Bitcoin Boss Deserves 2 1/2 Years For SEC Lies, Gov't Says
Alternative currency purveyor Jon E. Montroll should serve about 2 1/2 years in prison for lying to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and defrauding customers after hackers stole 6,000 bitcoins from his businesses, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge.
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January 18, 2019
Enviro Co. Owes Ex-Officers Legal Fees, Chancery Hears
Two former officers of industrial and environmental cleanup services company USES Corp. filed suit Friday in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to have the company pay legal fees they incurred in connection with a New York lawsuit over the 2014 purchase of the company.
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