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We are pleased to announce that Lawdragon included Matthew Aaron Ford, Stephen Halpin from Ford O'Brien Landy LLP for their selection to the The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation. The editorial team selected the 500 honorees through submissions; journalistic...

Case Name: Adams v. Constantin Case Number: 4:23-cv-04785 "Adams alleges that Constantin's "plan to sell when [a] stock reached a certain price" was new information that made his "earlier representation to Plaintiff false and misleading," but Adams fails to allege...

In his opening remarks to jurors, Gentile's attorney Matthew Ford said the SEC had for years assured his client that a foreign broker-dealer that shared SureTrader's policies could accept U.S. customers. The company had required all U.S. customers to sign a form...

The government hasn’t presented any evidence to show the expenses were “atypical” and hasn’t identified a similar yacht as a benchmark for comparison, he added. “While the Court acknowledges that the Amadea’s maintenance costs are undeniably large in an absolute...

Guy Gentile, head of the now-defunct Mintbroker International, in May 17, 2024, legal filings asserted that the testimony given by his ex-employees creates “considerable fairness concerns” and US federal regulators should not be permitted to employ it against him....

"In an email to The Star, Kabilafkas’ attorney, Matthew Ford, said he and his client are 'somewhat baffled by these charges, which seek to impose criminal sanctions on Mr. Kabilafkas because a start-up business failed. We plan to vigorously defend against them and...

A federal judge in Texas rules that the Justice Department failed to demonstrate that the defendants deprived their followers of their property rights. Read the full article