August 18, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's request to unseal court-appointed monitor reports of a private equity firm accused of fraud in a $1 billion fund, but said some information wasn't privileged and allowed the government to list what should be public.
August 14, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a proposed class of private equity investors' emergency request to lift a mandated stay on their $150 million fraud suit and won't hand down a temporary restraining order that would've prevented the sale of infrastructure assets to major homebuilder D.R. Horton.
August 12, 2026
A Florida federal judge refused to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit against a private equity firm accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund, saying a 2025 executive order by President Donald Trump does not allow the firm to duck the SEC's allegations.
June 11, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Florida federal court on Wednesday to unseal reports by a court-appointed monitor of a private equity firm accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund, arguing that the firm is abusing a sealing order to hide information from investors.
March 20, 2026
A private equity firm the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund will have to face the lawsuit in Florida, after a federal judge there refused Friday to toss the case or move it to South Carolina, where the firm is based.
December 03, 2025
A private equity firm accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund lost its bid Wednesday to discharge the court-appointed monitor overseeing its books when a Florida federal judge rejected arguments that the monitor was acting in bad faith.
April 22, 2025
A Florida federal judge has appointed a founding partner of a Florida law firm to serve as a monitor in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against a private equity firm it says defrauded investors in a $1 billion fund focused on real estate and small business funding.
February 07, 2025
A North Texas judge has tossed a South Carolina private equity fund's lawsuit accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of an unconstitutional "fishing expedition" investigation, hours after the fund accused the commission of trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit.
February 06, 2025
A South Carolina private equity fund said Thursday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit, telling a Texas judge the commission made "out of touch statements" on how the litigation will harm its business.
January 29, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a private equity firm in Florida federal court Wednesday, alleging that it defrauded investors in a $1 billion fund by, among other things, falsely promising to segregate their assets and by transferring tens of millions of dollars into bank accounts held by the fund's leading executives.