In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

1:13-cv-07789

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Lorna G. Schofield

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  1. August 11, 2015

    Futures Traders Seek Consolidation Into Forex OTC Suit

    Lawyers representing futures traders in putative class actions accusing several banks of orchestrating a conspiracy to rig foreign exchange markets asked a New York federal court to consolidate their cases into multidistrict litigation involving over-the-counter claims against the banks.

  2. August 07, 2015

    Banks Oppose Exchange Claims In OTC Forex Action

    Several banks accused in a putative class action of orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the foreign exchange markets told a New York federal judge Thursday that claims regarding trades not made directly with the defendants should be excluded from the complaint lodged by over-the-counter plaintiffs.

  3. July 31, 2015

    Forex Suit Adds Japanese, Canadian, French, UK Banks

    Four foreign banks have been added as defendants to a class action that claims a number of banks orchestrated a conspiracy to rig the foreign exchange market, class counsel Scott & Scott Attorneys at Law LLP told a New York federal court on Friday.

  4. July 27, 2015

    Cohen Milstein Can't See Forex Deals In Row For Lead Counsel

    A federal judge on Monday said Scott & Scott Attorneys at Law LLP and Hausfeld LLP do not have to provide confidential foreign exchange settlement documents to Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC in their heated battle over which firms will lead litigation over alleged manipulation in the foreign exchange futures market.

  5. July 24, 2015

    Cohen Milstein Says Hausfeld Must Show Forex Futures Deals

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, representing a plaintiff in the consolidated class actions alleging several banks rigged the foreign exchange market, sought Friday to force Hausfeld LLP and another firm to turn over settlements they cited to support their bid to lead the futures class.

  6. July 17, 2015

    Class Seeks To Fold New Claims Into Forex Suits

    Class counsel to investors who claim they were harmed by a conspiracy to rig the foreign exchange market is asking a judge overseeing the already consolidated cases to allow them to tack on additional antitrust allegations against several big banks so that they might try the claims as a whole.

  7. June 22, 2015

    Banks Owe Hundreds Of Millions For Forex Plot, Class Says

    The class's expert in litigation over foreign exchange market manipulation told a New York federal court Friday that he expects damages to reach well into the "hundreds of millions of dollars," and surpass that if new claims against the remaining bank defendants get the green light.

  8. June 19, 2015

    Forex Plaintiffs Ask To Add More Cases To Consolidated Suit

    Plaintiffs in a consolidated class action alleging several banks rigged the foreign exchange market asked a New York federal judge Thursday to add four more cases to their action, but a trio of banks in their own letter to the court requested the cases be consolidated separately from the larger case.

  9. June 15, 2015

    Forex Plaintiffs Aim To Expand Claims And Target More Banks

    Plaintiffs in class action litigation alleging the foreign exchange market was rigged said on Friday that the scope of the manipulation went deeper than they initially believed and that more banks were involved than had previously been named as defendants in their case.

  10. May 20, 2015

    Citi To Pay $394M In Antitrust Deal With Forex Investors

    Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $394 million to settle with a group of private investors who accused the bank of manipulating the foreign exchange market, the plaintiffs said Wednesday, as Citi and four other major banks also agreed to pay $5.6 billion to resolve criminal charges over the plot.

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