July 20, 2015
A New York federal judge allowed a group of former MF Global Inc. commodities customers who say they were swindled by the now-collapsed brokerage to pursue damages claims as a class Monday, ruling their claims were similar and had not been surrendered to the company's bankruptcy trustee.
September 16, 2014
MF Global investors asked a New York federal court Monday to appoint a firm recently started by four partners from Labaton Sucharow LLP as one of two lead firms for the plaintiffs and to grant class certification in the litigation, which stems from a collapse that wiped out $1.6 billion worth of customer equity.
March 14, 2014
A New York federal judge on Friday signed off on a bankruptcy court settlement to provide former MF Global Inc. commodities customers with a 100 percent recovery of the funds they saw disappear when the brokerage collapsed two years ago.
October 29, 2013
Bankrupt MF Global Holdings Inc.'s customers challenged PricewaterhouseCoopers' attempt to toss a proposed class action in New York federal court on Monday, in a case claiming the auditing firm failed to identify the brokerage's alleged scheme to deceive investors about its financial stability.
March 28, 2013
A New York federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a settlement in which JPMorgan Chase Bank NA agreed to free up more than $546 million to be distributed to former U.S. customers of MF Global Inc., resolving all outstanding issues between the bank and the collapsed broker-dealer.