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‘Broken City’ Producers Facing $6.2M Lawsuit for Racketeering

Producers of Broken City defrauded investors out of millions, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in L.A. County Superior Court. Nemesis Finance is suing Randall Emmett/George Furla Productions and both men as individuals for breach of contract, fraud and violation of the RICO Act. The producers aren’t strangers to legal hot water; they’ve recently been sued over Heist and Motor City and are …


T. Rowe Price and Dell Reach Settlement Over 2013 Dell Buyout

T. Rowe Price Group and Dell have reached a settlement over the computer giant’s $25 billion buyout, a deal the Baltimore money management firm opposed but voted in favor of in an embarrassing and unusual technical mix-up. The settlement resolves a lawsuit in which T. Rowe and other investors argued that Dell founder Michael Dell undervalued the company in his bid to take it private in 2013. A …


Pissed-Off Customers Sue GAW Miners in Proposed Class-Action Suit

SEC: Josh Garza and GAW Miners “robbed one investor to pay another.” This is the second civil suit filed against the company within the last six months—it was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in December 2015 over similar accusations of fraud. The SEC alleged $19 million worth of fraudulent deals.


Jake Peavy Among Athletes Listed in SEC Fraud Lawsuit as Losing Millions

San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy is among the athletes who were defrauded by investment adviser Ash Narayan, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleges in a lawsuit. Documents unsealed in federal court in Dallas indicate Peavy, Denver Broncos quarterback Mark Sanchez and former MLB pitcher Roy Oswalt were defrauded of around $30 million. Bloomberg News reported the SEC says Narayan …




David Lowery and Melissa Ferrick’s Lawsuits Against Spotify Get Combined

In December and January, Spotify was hit with back-to-back lawsuits from David Lowery and Melissa Ferrick — both professors and artists — who sought class action certification over royalties they allege have gone unpaid to songwriters by the world’s largest streaming service. Lowery sought $150 million in damages in his suit, while Ferrick sought $200 million. Those suits were essentially the …


Public Interest Firm Takes Fight Over Class Action Settlement to U.S. SC

A Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court last week, urging the court to review a class action settlement that it argues is unfair to class members. On Thursday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness, or CCAF, filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the nation’s highest …



Settlement Ends 26-Year Legal Battle With Colorado Homeowners

A $375 million settlement will end the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant’s 26-year legal battle with thousands of Colorado homeowners, if approved by a federal judge. About 15,000 land- and homeowners in the Westminster and Arvada area will get damages from Dow Chemical Co. and Rockwell International Corp., co-owners of the Rocky Flats plant that made triggers for nuclear warheads …