Hall et al v. Trivest Partners L.P. et al

  1. January 06, 2025

    Mich. Residents Say Solar Investors Can't Arbitrate Fraud Suit

    Michigan residents who allege Florida investment firms funded a company that duped them into buying defective solar panels have urged a federal judge to deny the firms' bid to arbitrate or dismiss the claims, saying the court has already rejected the investors' arguments.

  2. November 25, 2024

    Solar Co. Ex-CEO Attys Say DQ Request 'Untethered To Facts'

    Lawyers representing the former CEO of a now-defunct solar energy company against fraud and racketeering claims have told a Michigan federal judge that their previous in-house work for the company is not grounds to disqualify them from the suit, calling the plaintiffs' attempt to have them removed "untethered to facts" and improperly delayed.

  3. November 07, 2024

    Attys For Solar Co. Ex-CEO Should Be DQ'd, Plaintiffs Say

    The lawyers representing the former CEO of a bankrupt solar energy company should be disqualified, attorneys for the plaintiffs in a suit against him said Wednesday, arguing that the firm had multiple conflicts of interest with its work as in-house counsel for the solar energy company and was intentionally delaying discovery because of its "obvious web of conflicting obligations."

  4. September 06, 2024

    Ex-CEO Of Defunct Solar Co. Seeks Sanctions In Fraud Suit

    The former CEO of a bankrupt solar energy firm filed a motion for sanctions Friday in Michigan federal court, alleging the plaintiffs' counsel misrepresented the ex-CEO's inability to produce information during a discovery meeting regarding claims he defrauded customers by selling faulty solar systems.

  5. April 19, 2024

    Fla. Solar Panel CEO Can Be Sued In Mich., Judge Says

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Thursday that a Florida resident and former CEO of a solar panel company must face racketeering claims in Michigan alongside the company for allegedly scamming customers because he used to own property in the state and lived there during the alleged scheme.

  6. February 20, 2024

    Trivest Can Seek 6th Circ. Review Of RICO Jurisdiction Ruling

    A Michigan federal judge will allow a Florida-based private equity firm to appeal a decision denying its bid to escape a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit scrutinizing its funding of a solar company accused of scamming customers.

  7. October 11, 2023

    Trivest Wants 6th Circ. Review Of Mich. Judge's RICO Ruling

    The Sixth Circuit's guidance is needed to help decide when out-of-state parties can be brought into Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act cases, according to a Florida-based private equity firm that is seeking an escape from a Michigan lawsuit scrutinizing its funding of a solar company accused of scamming customers.

  8. September 13, 2023

    Investors Must Face RICO Claims In Defective Solar Panel Suit

    Florida investment companies have to face claims they were involved in a solar panel company's scheme to dupe customers into buying defective panels, a Michigan federal judge has said, finding that "the interests of justice factors weigh in favor of retaining the litigation."

  9. August 02, 2023

    Investor Says It Had No Part In RICO Solar Panel Scheme

    A Florida investment company denies having connections to a solar panel seller that Michigan residents accuse of duping customers into buying defective panels through an interstate scheme, telling a federal court Wednesday it was merely a passive investor that cannot be held liable for treble damages under the RICO Act.