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.
Bavaguthu Shetty et al v. Bank of Baroda et al: Complaint
Complaint for more than $7 billion "brought by two victims of Defendants' massive financial fraud surrounding NMC Health Plc and its related entities" that was "exposed when an investigative market research firm, Muddy Waters Research LLC, released a report questioning the integrity of NMC's audited financials" in Dr. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty and Neopharma LLC v. Bank of Baroda, of New York; Credit Europe Bank NV, of the Netherlands; Ernst & Young Global Limited, of England; Ernst & Young EMEIA Limited, of England; Prasanth Manghat, Promoth Manghat, Suresh Kumar Vadakke Kootala, and Suresh Kumar Nandiraju, all of India, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.
Solutions 30 Eastern Europe SRL et al v. Muddy Waters Capital LLC et al: Complaint
Complaint alleging defamation and unfair competition regarding an "anonymous report" that, as part of a "short-sale scheme", "falsely and baselessly accused Solutions SE and its related companies" of "facilitating activities of money laundering" and "employing former or current criminals as representatives" in Solutions 30 Eastern Europe SRL, of Romania; Swordfish Advisory Services SRL, of Romania, and Federico Salmoiraghi, a citizen of Italy and "beneficial owner of Salmo Services Group" v. Muddy Waters Capital LLC, described as a Delaware company based in California, and Carson C. Block, described as the "founder, research director, and sole member and member-manager of Muddy Waters", at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Linden Capital LP et al v. Luckin Coffee Inc.: Worldwide Freezing Order Ruling
Ruling on Worldwide Freezing Order for suspected fraud in Linden Capital LP, of Bermuda; AM Asia Strategies Master Fund LP, Aurigin Master Fund Limited, MHD Vertco Ltd., DKP Vertco Ltd., DKIP Vertco Ltd., DKIL Vertco Ltd., DCIG Capital Master Fund LP, Long Corridor Alpha Opportunities Master Fund, LMA SPC, for and on behalf of its segregated portfolio, MAP 246 SP; Myriad Opportunities Master Fund Limited, Oasis Investments II Master Fund Limited, and Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Limited, all of the Cayman Islands v. Luckin Coffee Inc., a Cayman Islands company based in China, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
NMC Health Plc: Chapter 15 Petition
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Richard Dixon Fleming, Mark Firmin, and Ben Cairns, as the Foreign Representatives of NMC Health Plc, described as being part of a group that is "the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates" that is suspected of "financial irregularity" and "fraudulent behavior", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. Bank of America Corp. et al: Motion to Compel Discovery
Motion to Compel Discovery from non-parties Bank of America Corporation and Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation in an attempt to identify alleged insider traders in "corporate bonds issued by French retail conglomerate Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A." for use in Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital (UK) Ltd. et al: Amended Class Action Complaint
Amended Class Action Complaint for alleged securities fraud in Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital (UK) Limited, a litigation funding company domiciled in Guernsey, based in England; Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman during the Class Period; Christopher Bogart, Burford's CEO; Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer, and Charles Parkinson, a Burford Director, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint
Class Action Complaint for alleged securities fraud in Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital Limited, a litigation funding company domiciled in Guernsey, based in England; Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman during the Class Period; Christopher Bogart, Burford's CEO; Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer, and Charles Parkinson, a Burford Director, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District 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.
Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does: Complaint
Complaint alleging insider trading regarding "bonds issued by French retail conglomerate Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A." in Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
OSI Systems, Inc. v. Deepak Chopra et al: Complaint
Complaint in Michael Riley, derivatively on behalf of OSI Systems, Inc., v. Deepak Chopra, Alan Edrick, Ajay Mehra, Steven C. Good, Meyer Luskin, William F. Ballhaus, Jr., James B. Hawkins, Gerald Chizever, and David T. Feinberg, M.D. at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sino-Forest Corporation: Chapter 15 Petition (Canada)
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Greg Watson, as the Foreign Representative of Sino-Forest Corporation, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.