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May 29, 2018
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WORLD TAKE NOTICE: QUEBEC PROTECTS ITS RESIDENTS AGAINST MULTINATIONAL FRAUDSTERS
May 29, 2018. Morganti & Co teamed up Faguy & Cie (Montreal) to advance a shareholders’ claims against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“VWAG”). The claim alleges, see the VWAG’s guilty plea filed in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, that VWAG engaged in a global fraud concerning […]
May 1, 2018
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MORGANTI & CO. ADDS PRINCIPAL SECURITIES LITIGATOR
MAY 1, 2018. Albert Pelletier has joined Morganti & Co., P.C. as a principal. Albert has over two decades of professional experience between the Canadian securities industry and practice of law. He has worked as an Investment Advisor at Nesbitt Burns while in business school and graduated with distinction from […]
April 5, 2018
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IF A COMPANY HIDES FRAUD FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS IT IS REWARDED: WHY ARE INVESTORS BEING PUNISHED?
APRIL 5, 2018. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s decision that under absolutely no circumstance can an Ontario statutory claim for secondary market liability exceed three years in length. Yes, really. In Kaynes v. BP PLC, 2018 ONCA 337, the investor alleged that BP PLC released documents […]
March 20, 2018
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U.S. SUPREME COURT: U.S. FEDERAL COURTS DO NOT HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN SECURITIES CLAIMS
March 20, 2018. One of the common arguments advanced by corporate defendants in shareholder litigation in provincial courts has been that the Canadian courts should not exercise their jurisdiction to adjudicate investors’ claims if the securities were purchased on the Nasdaq or NYSE. Often these lawyers will make submissions that […]
February 28, 2018
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FRAUDSTERS BEWARE: THE ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION WILL SCRUTINIZE WHETHER THE DEFENDANT ADMITS TO ENGAGING IN WRONGFUL CONDUCT IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS.
On February 28, 2018, the Commissioner of the Ontario Securities Commission refused to rubber-stamp a settlement from a former chairman, chief executive officer, and president of a publicly traded company, MDC Partners, Inc. The allegations against the former executive were that he improperly received over $10 million for personal expenses […]
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