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Chesterton Capital LLC v. Legacy Point Capital LLC, et al.

  1. December 11, 2017

    Advisers Owe $7.2M For Faking Out Lender To Joplin Biopic

    An investment banking and advisory firm and its two managing members are on the hook for more than $7.2 million in damages after a Massachusetts federal judge found Friday that they had duped a lender into believing they could guarantee its loan to finance a now-abandoned Janis Joplin biopic and then lied about having themselves been tricked.

  2. October 31, 2017

    Bank Claims Brokers Fabricated Worth To Produce Joplin Film

    Attorneys for a Massachusetts investment bank that agreed in 2012 to help produce a biopic of Janis Joplin argued at a Boston federal bench trial Tuesday that a pair of financial advisers committed fraud by personally guaranteeing the film, and should foot the bill left by its collapse.

  3. October 27, 2017

    Investment Banker A No-Show In Joplin Biopic Fraud Suit

    An investment banker accused of deleting evidence in a fraud suit over the financing of a now-abandoned biopic of Janis Joplin was declared a no-show in Massachusetts federal court on Friday, days before the case is set to go to trial.

  4. October 23, 2017

    Consultant In Janis Joplin Biopic Loan Row Has Claims Pared

    A consultant being sued by an investment bank over her role helping broker a $1.2 million loan for a now-abandoned biopic about Janis Joplin escaped some claims Friday, with a Massachusetts federal judge ruling that the bank can't claim a contract was breached when it can't show a contract existed.