Securities
Coinbase’s Role and the Nature of Cryptocurrency Class Action
What exactly are cryptocurrencies? The complaint for this class action argues that they are securities, because their purchasers are hoping for their value to increase. It brings suit against Coinbase Global, Inc. and Coinbase, Inc., with the inciting incident being the breaching of a Coinbase account and the theft of funds, but it also brings Read more
Elon Musk Twitter Stock Price Manipulation Class Action
Elon Musk’s proposed buyout of Twitter has repeatedly been in the news, alternately seeming sure and in jeopardy. But the complaint for this class action brings suit on behalf of Twitter shareholders, against both Musk and Twitter, alleging that Musk has tried to manipulate the price of the stock and to deliberately depress it, harming Read more
BlockFi Crypto Interest Accounts Are Unregistered Securities, Says Class Action
This class action brings suit against a number of BlockFi entities—BlockFi, its parent BlockFI, Inc. (BFI), and affiliates BlockFi Trading, LLC and BlockFi Lending, LLC, for their BlockFi Interest Accounts or Crypto Interest Accounts (BIAs). The complaint alleges BIAs are unregistered securities that should have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Read more
Cano Health (CANO) False or Misleading Reports and Stock Losses Class Action
As a public company, Cano Health, Inc. (NYSE: CANO) must make public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The complaint for this class action alleges that Cano made false or misleading statements in its 2020-2021 filings, in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Named as defendants in addition to the company Read more
Grab (GRAB) False or Misleading Statements and Stock Losses Class Action
Grab Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GRAB) “became a public entity via a business combination with Altimeter Growth Corp.” on December 1, 2021. Yet by March 3, 2022, the complaint for this class action alleges, it was announcing a large loss. The complaint claims the company, along with its CEO and CFO, made “materially false and misleading Read more
Celsius (CELH) False or Misleading Statements and Stock Losses Class Action
On March 1, 2021, Celsuis Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH) announced that it would not be able to file its 2021 annual report on time. This, the complaint alleges, was because Celsius had made false and misleading statements during the previous periods, violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Celsius’s stock price fell more than 8% Read more
Geron Conceals Study Results, Sells Inflated Stock Class Action
Geron Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, had just one drug in its pipeline, imetelstat. The complaint for this class action alleges that a Phase 2 clinical trial for the drug produced disappointing results. Despite this, according to the complaint, company insiders sold a large amount of stock without disclosing the results of the trial. This class Read more
Apex Clearing Corporation Suspension of Buys of AMC, GME, KOSS Class Action
On January 28, 2021, says the complaint for this class action, Apex Clearing Corporation suspended trading on stock for AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC), GameStop Corporation (GME), and Koss Corporation (KOSS), for nearly three and a half hours. The complaint alleges that this suspension was meant to affect the price of these stocks. The counts Read more
NatWest Spoofing Manipulation of Treasuries Market Class Action
In December 2021, NatWest Markets plc pleaded guilty in a criminal case of wire fraud and securities fraud for its activities related to Treasury Futures and the secondary market for Treasury Securities. The case involved “spoofing,” or placing false orders to manipulate the markets. This class action, brought against NatWest Markets plc (NWMP) and NatWest Read more
NatWest Markets Manipulation of Treasury Futures Markets by Spoofing Class Action
This class action accuses three companies of “unlawful and intentional manipulation of U.S. Treasury Futures contracts” and options on those contracts, as traded on US exchanges, including the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The companies accused are NatWest Markets Securities, Inc., NatWest Markets, Plc, and NatWest Group, Plc (formerly RBS Securities, Inc., the Royal Bank Read more
