In the United States District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, a class action has been filed against Veolia Environment S.A. on behalf of its purchasers. The class action is regarding American Depositary Shares (ADSs) for the Class Period of April 27, 2007 through August 4, 2011. Veolia Environment S.A. allegedly violated…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued two investor alerts regarding the use of social media sites as a means for perpetuating investment fraud. Investors who have been the victims of fraud through social media are encouraged to seek the council of an investment attorney to find out about their legal rights and options…
Continue reading ›Stock broker fraud attorneys are all too familiar with the idea that many people believe that investing with friends or members of their own community protects them against investment fraud. However, this is simply not the case. Investors are often swindled be fraudsters within their own community. They will swindle their family, friends, coworkers —…
Continue reading ›Investment attorneys would like to make investors aware that the final rule declaring the net worth standard for “accredited investors” has been adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC still had to adjust its rules to the modification despite the fact that the modified definition was effective upon the enacting of the Dodd-Frank…
Continue reading ›One troublesome form of stock broker misconduct involves the use of celebrity status in order to gain the trust and secure the business of investors. One major problem with this type of scam is that many investors don’t want to admit that they made an investment decision based on the celebrity status of the spokesperson.…
Continue reading ›Following the recent notices sent by the Securities and Exchange Commission to Harbinger Capital, Philip Falcone, Omar Asali and Robin Roger, some investors of Harbinger Capital are seeking representation for possible securities arbitration claims. Philip Falcone, 49, is the manager of the New York-based hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, which was valued three years…
Continue reading ›The alleged $110 million Inofin fraud has investment attorneys looking for investors who suffered losses as a result of their investments with Inofin. According to the Class Action Complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in April, 2011, Inofin was in violation of the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act. The complaint has been filed against…
Continue reading ›A common form of investment fraud is the selling of unregistered securities. In many cases, investors can recover their losses in securities arbitration. In short, unregistered securities are securities that have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Before a stock, bond or note can be sold to the public, it must…
Continue reading ›The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Western Pacific Capital Management LLC and its president, James O’Rourke, with securities fraud. The California-based firm allegedly materially represented the liquidity of a hedge fund and failed to disclose to clients a conflict of interest related to the fund. Stock fraud lawyers are watching this and other…
Continue reading ›Investment seminars have grown in popularity as a result of the rocky market and concern investors are feeling. While investment seminars can be a place to receive sound investment advice, some of them have only one purpose: to make you the victim of securities fraud. For this reason, a growing number of investors end up…
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