King County, Washington, et al v. IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG et al

  1. April 29, 2013

    Morgan Stanley, Ratings Cos. Agree To Pay $225M In SIV Row

    Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Rating Services are paying $225 million to settle two long-running class actions alleging they misled investors about structured investment vehicles that contained risky mortgage-backed securities, according to a Monday report.

  2. April 26, 2013

    Morgan Stanley, Ratings Cos. Settle Long-Running SIV Suits

    Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Rating Services settled claims Friday in two long-running class actions alleging they misled investors about structured investment vehicles that contained risky mortgage-backed securities.

  3. March 18, 2013

    Fitch Settles Investor Suit Over Toxic MBS Vehicle

    Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings Inc. on Monday settled a long-running shareholder class action over the collapse of a structured investment vehicle that may have held more than $1 billion in toxic mortgage-backed securities.

  4. January 04, 2013

    Morgan Stanley, Rating Agencies Can't Escape SIV Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday declined to toss Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and several credit ratings agencies from a long-running investor suit over the collapse of a structured investment vehicle that purportedly held more than $1 billion in toxic mortgage-backed securities. 

  5. September 11, 2012

    Anschutz May Doom SIV Claims Against Morgan Stanley, Others

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday said she may dismiss negligent misrepresentation claims against Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and other rating agencies in a shareholder suit over the collapse of structured investment vehicles, citing the recent Second Circuit decision in Anschutz Corp. v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

  6. June 07, 2012

    Morgan Stanley, Ratings Agencies Can't Kill Investor Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday preserved shareholders' negligent misrepresentation claims against Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and several ratings agencies in a suit over the collapse of structured investment vehicles, ruling opinions are sufficient cause for legal action under New York state law.

  7. May 07, 2012

    Ratings Agencies Get SIV Suits Pared Down

    A New York federal judge on Friday slimmed down two shareholder lawsuits against Moody's Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services over the collapse of structured investment vehicles, allowing only their claims of negligent misrepresentation to remain intact.

  8. January 20, 2011

    2 Ex-IKB CEOs Off Hook in Rhinebridge Class Action

    A federal judge has dismissed two former top-ranking executives at IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and IKB Credit Asset Management from a proposed securities class action over the collapse of structured investment vehicle Rhinebridge.