February 05, 2019
Across more than a dozen dismissal bids filed Monday and Tuesday, people and entities affiliated with Platinum Partners told a New York federal judge that while an amended complaint from the hedge fund's liquidators is certainly "heavier," it still hardly ties them to the fund's $1 billion fraud.
January 24, 2019
The liquidators of Platinum Partners on Wednesday amended and defended their lawsuit accusing dozens of the hedge fund's affiliates of executing a $1 billion fraud ahead of the fund's collapse, telling a New York federal court that any details missing in their nearly 200-page complaint will be resolved in discovery.
January 08, 2019
Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP won't be disqualified — at least not yet — from defending a former Platinum Partners founder against a suit brought by the hedge fund's liquidators over an alleged $1 billion fraud, despite having represented the fund in the past, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Monday.
January 04, 2019
The liquidators for Platinum Partners' flagship fund asked a Manhattan federal judge Friday to disqualify Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP from representing a Platinum founder in a suit brought over the hedge fund's alleged $1 billion fraud, citing the firm's prior representation of the fund.