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Owens v. FirstEnergy Corp. et al

  1. May 01, 2025

    Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Object To Possible Sanctions Order

    Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives indicted over their alleged roles in a $1 billion bribery scandal objected Thursday to the possibility they could be sanctioned for failing to produce certain information in a civil suit brought by FirstEnergy investors, calling language in a special master's report "inappropriate" and potentially prejudicial.

  2. November 21, 2024

    FirstEnergy Investors Slam Ex-Execs' Info 'Bogeyman' Story

    FirstEnergy shareholders have accused two former executives of the energy company of exploiting confidentiality rules by seeking to shield documents relevant to their suit over a stock plummet that followed a massive bribery scheme, telling an Ohio federal judge he should reject the executives' "informational bogeyman" story.

  3. October 10, 2024

    Ohio Seeks To Halt Depositions In FirstEnergy Investor Suit

    The state of Ohio wants to halt certain depositions and other discovery in a securities suit stemming from the FirstEnergy bribery scandal, saying it could interfere with criminal charges against two of the utility company's former executives, according to an intervenor motion filed Thursday.

  4. July 12, 2024

    FirstEnergy Denied 6th Circ. Appeal In Doc Dispute

    Scandal-plagued utility company FirstEnergy Corp. lost another attempt to shield internal investigation documents from a class of investors as well as its former CEO on Friday when an Ohio federal judge denied the company's request to appeal the dispute to the Sixth Circuit on a "logically fallacious" premise.

  5. May 31, 2024

    FirstEnergy Denied Bid To Boost Objection To Discovery Order

    An Ohio federal judge on Friday denied FirstEnergy Corp.'s objections to not having a chance to further support its bid to shield internal investigative documents from a class of investors and two of its indicted former executives, saying the objections are moot because they've already been overruled.

  6. May 23, 2024

    FirstEnergy Wants 6th Circ. To Shield Bribe-Probe Docs

    FirstEnergy Corp. is pursuing the Sixth Circuit's input into its request to shield internal investigative documents from a class of investors and from two of its indicted former executives, saying the documents contain privileged legal advice given in the wake of a $1 billion bribery scandal.

  7. February 02, 2024

    FirstEnergy Rips Investor Clarification Bid Amid Cert. Appeal

    FirstEnergy Corp. told an Ohio federal judge that investors are making an "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" bid for clarification on a class certification ruling in their suit over the company's role in a high-profile bribery scandal, saying such a clarification in the middle of an ongoing appeal would require an unnecessary, additional round of briefing.

  8. January 11, 2024

    FirstEnergy Investors Seek Damages Clarification In Cert. Row

    FirstEnergy Corp. investors asked an Ohio federal judge who certified their class claims stemming from the company's role in a high-profile bribery scandal to clarify that the court didn't assume the damages methodologies for claims under different federal securities statutes were interchangeable, as FirstEnergy has claimed in its appeal to the Sixth Circuit.

  9. January 03, 2024

    FirstEnergy Says Cert. Appeal Justifies Pausing Investor Case

    FirstEnergy Corp. has again urged an Ohio federal judge to pause an investor class action brought against it over its role in a notorious bribery scheme by the Buckeye State's house speaker, arguing that its pending appeal of class certification could alter the case "in almost every respect."

  10. December 04, 2023

    FirstEnergy Lands Stay In Investor Suit Over Bribery Scandal

    An Ohio federal judge and a magistrate judge have asked a special master to issue a report and recommendation on a bid by FirstEnergy Corp. to stay all discovery in an investor suit over the company's involvement in a massive bribery scheme to bail out two failing nuclear energy plants, while the utility company appeals class certification.

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