Richard O’Connell

New York judge dismisses lawsuit against RS Re and CastlePoint

July 31, 2009

A state court judge in the United States has thrown out an action by a resident of New York against two Bermuda insurers and others which were accused of misappropriating his business idea.The complaint by Hans Futterman was dismissed against

US court reinstates lawsuit against CastlePoint Insurance

February 23, 2009

A civil complaint in which two Bermuda insurers were accused of illegally profiting from a 'stolen' business idea has been reinstated in New York less than two months after it was dismissed.Plaintiff Hans Futterman, a resident of New York City,

Lawsuit alleging ‘stolen business idea’ filed & dropped against CastlePoint Insurance et al

December 18, 2008

A civil complaint in which two Bermuda insurers were accused of illegally profiting from a 'stolen' business idea regarding lease guarantees was dismissed on December 9, 2008 - just 46 days after it was filed.The action had been brought by

Mark Cooke denies any involvement in Stirling Cooke fraud

August 10, 2007

In a recently-filed, colorfully-worded court document that often reads like it could have been written by the man himself, rather than the attorney whose name appears as the author, it is aggressively denied that Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings co-founder Nicholas Mark Cooke was involved in any financial improprieties or had any meaningful role in the group's collapse.

Banks ordered to turn over Stirling Cooke records

December 6, 2005

Five banks have been ordered to provide details of accounts maintained by the AlphaStar group of companies, formerly known as Stirling Cooke Brown, to its Bankruptcy Trustee.An order directing The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd., Wachovia Bank, Bank of America, North Fork Bank and JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA to turn over the records to Trustee Richard O'Connell was issued at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on September 22, 2005.