April 21, 2017
Franklin Resources Inc. does not have to replace more than $100 million in shares that a New York man claimed went missing on the company's watch after his father's death in 1974, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.
July 23, 2015
A California federal judge said Thursday that she'd likely throw out the bulk of a $156 million fraud suit against Franklin Resources Inc. and former CEO Charles B. Johnson filed by the heir of an early investor, but wouldn't sanction Liddle & Robinson LLP, which represents the heir.
June 23, 2015
Franklin Resources Inc. and former CEO Charles B. Johnson told a California federal court Monday that Liddle & Robinson LLP is using a classic straw-man technique to avoid sanctions after the firm was accused of hiding information allegedly revealing it filed a $156 million suit on behalf of the heir of an early investor in bad faith.
May 15, 2015
Franklin Resources Inc. and former CEO Charles B. Johnson asked a California federal court Thursday to throw out a $156 million fraud suit against them and sanction Liddle & Robinson LLP for filing the "bad faith" litigation for the heir of an early investor in the global investment empire.
January 14, 2015
The heir of an early investor in Franklin Resources Inc. launched a $156 million fraud suit against the company and its former head, billionaire Charles B. Johnson, alleging in California federal court Wednesday that Johnson and others hid decades-old shares owed to the heir.