December 09, 2011
The special master overseeing multidistrict litigation related to fraud at defunct brokerage Refco Inc. recommended Thursday that a judge dismiss JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a lawsuit brought by a hedge fund, calling the claims against the bank frivolous and unsubstantial.
September 08, 2011
Refco Inc.'s largest investor and the company's auditor, who have been battling over liability for the multimillion-dollar fraud that brought down the securities broker and sparked multidistrict litigation, resolved their dispute Wednesday, days before they were set to go to trial.
August 18, 2011
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V LP asked a New York federal court Wednesday to throw out an expert report submitted by Grant Thornton LLP just weeks before multidistrict litigation is slated to begin over the fraud that doomed Refco Inc.
August 10, 2011
A special master on Wednesday advised a New York federal judge overseeing the Refco Inc. multidistrict fraud litigation to toss a hedge fund's malpractice and fraud claims alleging former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC is liable for $263 million it lost in the scam.
June 02, 2011
Subpoenas that plaintiff Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V LP served on Grant Thornton LP in May are a "transparent attempt to reopen fact discovery" in their fight over losses from the collapse of Refco Inc., the defendant told a New York federal court Wednesday, as part of the Refco multidistrict litigation.
May 05, 2011
A New York federal judge revived some fraud claims Wednesday in the Refco Inc. multidistrict securities litigation after rejecting a special master's recommendation that he dismiss the allegations with prejudice.
April 25, 2011
A New York federal judge on Monday rejected a special master's recommendation that he toss the Refco Inc. multidistrict securities litigation, saying the special master failed to read the complaint in a light most favorable to the plaintiffs.
February 18, 2011
Grant Thornton LLP has jumped into a multidistrict securities litigation against Refco Inc. as a third-party plaintiff, seeking to hold Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and a number of affiliates responsible for substantially assisting the massive Refco fraud.
December 07, 2010
The special master in the Refco Inc. securities multidistrict litigation has suggested that many of the plaintiffs' claims should be tossed because the plaintiffs cannot escape the fact that they may be partially to blame for some of the wrongdoing at issue.