May 29, 2025
A New York federal judge Thursday tossed several defamation claims made by Spanish healthcare company Grifols SA against short seller Gotham City Research, finding that the claims are opinions and therefore inactionable, while keeping alive a claim tied to statements in the report that Grifols failed to disclose a $95 million loan, finding it was a factual statement.
January 26, 2024
Grifols has accused short seller Gotham City Research of issuing a report on the Spanish healthcare company that was riddled with "malicious falsehoods" aimed at sinking Grifols' share price for Gotham City's monetary gain, according to a suit filed Friday in New York federal court.