Carson Block v. Kevin Barnes: Complaint (‘Defamation’, 2023)
Complaint in Carson Block v. Kevin Barnes at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Kevin Barnes v. Carson Block et al: Complaint (‘$7M Share of $14M Whistleblower Reward’)
Complaint for $7 million share of a $14 million whistleblower reward alleging unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duty in Kevin Barnes v. Carson Block and Muddy Waters LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Carson Block v. Kevin Barnes: Complaint (‘Defamation’, 2022)
Complaint alleging defamation regarding "published statements to the Wall Street Journal claiming that Mr. Block repudiated and breached an agreement to share with him the proceeds of the SEC whistleblower award that Mr. Block had received" in Carson Block, described as "the founder and sole owner of both Muddy Waters, LLC ... an award-winning journalistic enterprise that has produced numerous "whistleblowing” reports about publicly traded companies, exposing corporate malfeasance and wrongdoing, financial inaccuracies and fraud" v. Kevin R. Barnes at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Kevin Barnes v. Carson Block et al: Summons with Notice (‘$7M Share of $14M Whistleblower Reward’)
Summons With Notice for a claim of $7 million alleging the defendants "refused to compensate" the plaintiff for his work in "exposing ongoing fraud at a company publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange" after defendant Carson Block received "an approximately $14 million whistleblower award" from the SEC in Kevin Barnes v. Carson Block and Muddy Waters LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.
Steven Sugarman et al v. Muddy Waters Capital LLC et al: Complaint
Complaint alleging racketeering, unfair competition, and defamation in Steven Sugarman, a former Chairman, President and CEO of Banc of Calfornia, of California; COR Capital LLC, of Delaware, and COR Advisors LLC, of Delaware v. Muddy Waters Capital LLC, Jason Galanis, Castalian Partners LLC, Carson Block, James Gibson, David Q. Matthews, Gary Robert Matthews, Kalyn Matthews Denno, Adam J. Denno, Keith Allen Dilling, Rosemary Norris Hall, Ryan Kealy, Nikolai Bjorkedal, Castalian Partners Value Fund LP, QKM LLC, Muddy Waters Research LLC, MLAF LP, and MWCP LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
