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Citigroup Sold ARS After Market Collapsed: Suit

Law360, New York (April 17, 2009) -- The brokerage division of Citigroup Inc. has been hit with a $30 million lawsuit by a specialty pharmaceutical company alleging that the firm sold it auction rate securities after the market collapsed and just a day before settling charges with federal regulators over the toxic financial instruments.

Braintree Laboratories Inc. filed a complaint against Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and its Citi Smith Barney division in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Thursday, accusing...

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