May 22, 2023
A New York federal judge on Monday shot down the remainder of a long-running lawsuit accusing HSBC and Scotiabank of conspiring to rig prices for silver, ruling that the traders behind the litigation hadn't plausibly pled the banks' alleged manipulations harmed them.
June 15, 2021
Lawyers representing a class of silver investors can take an $11.4 million cut of the $38 million deal that Deutsche Bank AG struck in 2016 to exit multidistrict litigation over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, a New York federal judge said Tuesday.
February 01, 2017
Silver investors accusing major banks of price-fixing urged a New York federal court in a document posted Tuesday to forego the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed one-year discovery stay, asking the court to strike a compromise to “better balance the governmental and private interests at stake.”
December 08, 2016
Silver investors accusing major banks of price-fixing asked a New York federal court Wednesday to add four banks to their multidistrict litigation, arguing they acquired "smoking gun" evidence during their $38 million settlement with Deutsche Bank AG that shows the banks were involved in a wide-ranging conspiracy.
November 23, 2016
A New York federal judge gave a preliminary OK on Wednesday to the $38 million settlement between Deutsche Bank AG and a class of silver investors in multidistrict litigation accusing the German bank, along with other major banks, of conspiring to fix the price of the precious metal.
October 17, 2016
Deutsche Bank AG will pay $38 million to settle multidistrict litigation claims that it was part of a scheme to fix the price of silver, according to a Monday filing in New York federal court.
September 26, 2016
A recent decision in favor of foreign exchange market investors supports the standing of silver investors who claim they were victims of price manipulation by major banks, the traders told a New York federal judge in a letter Friday.
August 18, 2016
Counsel representing commodities traders and others alleging banks manipulated the silver market told a New York federal court Thursday the class claims are not torpedoed by a recent Second Circuit decision in an aluminum antitrust case, contrary to what the banks may say.
August 16, 2016
Banks accused of fixing prices in the silver, gold and forex markets argued Tuesday that a Second Circuit decision in an aluminum antitrust case clearly means the New York federal suits against the banks should be thrown out for lack of standing.
April 13, 2016
Deutsche Bank AG is nearing a settlement in multidistrict litigation alleging it was part of a scheme to fix the price of silver, plaintiffs told the New York federal judge overseeing the case Wednesday.