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Silvergate Capital Corporation Securities Litigation: Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

May 11, 2023

Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint in Indiana Public Retirement System, Boston Retirement System, Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago, International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 793 Members Pension Benefit Trust of Ontario, UMC Benefit Board, Inc. and Wespath Institutional Investments LLC, both as administrative trustees of the Wespath Funds Trust; Bucks County Employees Retirement Fund, Jacob Guz, and John Thomas v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, Karen F. Brassfield, Robert C. Campbell, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Paul D. Colucci, Compass Point Research & Trading LLC, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Thomas C. Dircks, Kathleen M. Fraher, Dennis S. Frank, Goldberg-Flores LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Aanchal Gupta, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Alan J. Lane, Michael Lempres, Antonio Martino, Scott Reed, Benjamin C. Reynolds, Colleen Sullivan, UBS Securities LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., and Wedbush Securities LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Adam Grabski v. Marc Andreessen et al: Complaint (‘Coinbase Shareholder Dispute’)

May 1, 2023

Stockholder Derivative Complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment in Adam Grabski, derivatively on behalf of Coinbase Global Inc. v. Marc Andreessen, Brian Armstrong, Surojit Chatterjee, Emilie Choi, Frederick Ernset Ehrsam III, Alesia J. Haas, Kathryn Haun, Jennifer Jones, and Fred Wilson, as Defendants, and Coinbase Global Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

International Union of Operating Engineers v. Silvergate Capital Corporation et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto Securities Fraud’)

January 19, 2023

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 793, Members Pension Benefit Trust of Ontario, of Canada v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, Alan J. Lane, Antonio Martino, Kathleen M. Fraher, Benjamin C. Reynolds, Dennis S. Frank, Michael Lempres, Karen F. Brassfield, Robert C. Campbell, Paul D. Colucci, Thomas C. Dircks, Scott Reed, Colleen Sullivan, Aanchal Gupta, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc., Canaccord Genuity LLC, Compass Point Research & Trading LLC, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Wedbush Securities LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Pentwater Capital Management LP v. Frank Calderoni et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Corporate Waste’)

November 30, 2022

Class Action Complaint alleging breaches of fiduciary duties and corporate waste in Pentwater Capital Management LP, on behalf of Crown Managed Accounts SPC, Investment Opportunities 3 Segregated Portfolio, Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Merger Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Unconstrained Master Fund Ltd., and PWCM Master Fund Ltd., all of the Cayman Islands v. Frank Calderoni, Vikas Mehta, Gary Spiegel, Robert Beauchamp, Susan Bostrom, and Suresh Vasudevan at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

City of Riviera Beach General Employees’ Retirement System v. Vertiv Holdings Co. et al: Class Action Complaint

May 3, 2022

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in City of Riviera Beach General Employees' Retirement System v. Vertiv Holdings Co., Rob Johnson, David Fallon, Jason Forcier, Gary Niederpruem, David Cote, Joseph van Dokkum, Roger Fradin, Jacob Kotzubei, Matthew Louie, Edward L. Monser, Steven S. Reinemund, Robin L. Washington, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., VPE Holdings LLC, Vertiv JV Holdings LLC, PE Vertiv Holdings LLC, Platinum Equity LLC, Platinum Equity Investment Holdings LLC, Platinum Equity Investment Holdings Manager LLC, Platinum Equity Investco LP, Platinum Equity Investment Holdings IC (Cayman) LLC, Platinum Investco (Cayman) LLC, Platinum Equity Investment Holdings III LLC, Platinum Equity Investment Holdings Manager III LLC, and Tom Gores at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Employees Retirement System for the City of Providence v. Urs Rohner et al: Complaint

April 26, 2022

Complaint against entities in England, Singapore, Switzerland, and USA in Employees Retirement System for the City of Providence, derivatively as a shareholder of Credit Suisse Group AG on behalf of Credit Suisse Group AG v. Urs Rohner, Iris Bohnet, Christian Gellerstad, Andreas Gottschling, Michael Klein, Shan Li, Seraina Macia, Richard Meddings, Kai S. Nargolwala, Ana Paula Pessoa, Joaquin J. Ribeiro, Severin Schwan, John Tiner, Eric Varvel, Thomas P. Gottstein, Lara J. Warner, Brian Chin, David Miller, Parshu Shah, and Radhika Venkatraman at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Boynton Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Clarivate Plc et al: Class Action Complaint

March 11, 2022

Class Action Complaint in Boynton Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund v. Clarivate Plc, described as "an analytics company" that is domiciled in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and based in London, England; Jerre Stead, and Richard Hanks at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Louisiana Sheriffs Pension & Relief Fund et al v. Luckin Coffee Inc.: Motion to Approve $175M Settlement

October 25, 2021

Motion to Approve Class Action Settlement in Louisiana Sheriffs Pension & Relief Fund et al v. Luckin Coffee Inc., a Cayman Islands company based in China; Charles Zhengyao Lu, Jenny Zhiya Qian, Jian Liu, Reinout Hendrik Schakel, Hui Li, Erhai Liu, Jinyi Guo, Sean Shao, Thomas P. Meier, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and Needham & Company, LLP

Christian Brothers Employee Retirement Plan et al v. Allianz Global Investors US LLC et al: Complaint

September 2, 2021

Complaint alleging "negligence and breach of contractual and fiduciary duties arising from misconduct related to the ERP's investment in the AllianzGI Structured Alpha U.S. Equity 500 Fund" in Christian Brothers Employee Retirement Plan and Dan Stremel v. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC, Allianz SE, of Germany; Allianz Asset Management GmbH, of Germany; Allianz of America Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America Holdings Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America LLC, Allianz Asset Management of America L.P., and PFP Holdings Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

George Assad v. Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint

August 17, 2021

Derivative complaint alleging breach of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 in George Assad, derivatively on behalf of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. v. Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd., described as being domiciled in Delaware, based in New York and "the largest special purpose acquisition company, or "SPAC", ever to have offered shares to the public", as Nominal Defendant, and Pershing Square TH Sponsor LLC, of Delaware; Lisa Gersh, Michael Ovitz, Jacqueline D. Reses, Joseph S. Steinberg, Pershing Square LP, of Delaware; Pershing Square International Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., of Guernsey, as Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee v. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC et al: Complaint

October 16, 2020

Complaint alleging "negligence and breach of contractual and fiduciary duties arising from misconduct and gross mismanagement of two investment funds: AllianzGI Structured Alpha 1000 Plus LLC (“Alpha 1000 Plus”), and AllianzGI Structured Alpha U.S. Fixed Income 250 LLC" in The Employees' Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee v. Allianz SE, of Germany; Allianz Asset Management GmbH, of Germany; Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC, Allianz of America Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America Holdings Inc., Allianz Asset Management of America LLC, Allianz Asset Management of America LP, PFP Holdings Inc., all of Delaware, and ABC Insurance Co., described as "a fictitiously named insurance entity" whose "state of incorporation, name, and principal place of business are unknown", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

City of Grand Rapids General Retirement System et al v. Bayer AG et al: Class Action Complaint

July 15, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in City of Grand Rapids General Retirement System and City of Grand Rapids Police & Fire Retirement System v. Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, of Germany; Werner Baumann, Liam Condon, Johannes Dietsch, and Wolfgang Nickl at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi v. Mylan NV et al: Class Action Complaint

June 26, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi v. Mylan N.V., described as a Netherlands company that "is the second largest generic drug manufacturer in the world" and whose shares are listed on NASDAQ; Heather Bresch, Rajiv Malik, Anthony Mauro, and Kenneth Parks at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Noster Capital Master Fund et al v. Teekay Offshore Partners LP et al: Class Action Complaint

July 12, 2019

Complaint in J. Deal Partnership I LP, of California; Noster Capital Master Fund, of the Cayman Islands, and Aquamarine Master Fund LP, of the British Virgin Islands, on behalf of themselves and unitholders of Teekay Offshore Partners LP v. Teekay Offshore Partners LP, based in Bermuda, domiciled in the Marshall Islands; Teekay Offshore GP LLC, a Marshall Islands company owned by a Bermuda limited partnership; William Utt, of Houston, Texas; Ian Craig, of the United Kingdom; Kenneth Hvid, of Vancouver, Canada; Craig Laurie, of New York. NY; David Lemmon, of Las Vegas; Jim Reid, of Toronto, Canada; Denis Turcotte, of Montreal, Canada; Gregory Morrison, of Bermuda; Bill Transier, of Houston, Texas; Brookfield Asset Management Inc., of Toronto, Canada; and Brookfield Business Partners LP, of Bermuda, listed on NYSE and Toronto Stock Exchange, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.