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By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co
A spokesman for JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on the lawsuits, which were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, days after Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's May 10 statement that a "failed hedging strategy" caused the massive loss over the last month.
"What the Company did not reveal was that those losses were the result of a marked shift in the company's allowable risk model, undisclosed to investors, and the similarly clandestine conversion of a unit within the company that was touted as providing a conservative risk-reduction function into a risky, short-term trading enterprise that exposed the company to large losses instead," said one of the complaints.
It was filed derivatively by California shareholder James Baker on behalf of JPMorgan Chase against Dimon, Chief Financial Officer Douglas Braunstein and board members.
The lawsuit charged the JPMorgan defendants with breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment.
A separate lawsuit was filed at the same time by shareholder Saratoga Advantage Trust financial services portfolio on behalf of owners of common stock.
It said Dimon and Braunstein made "materially false and misleading statements and omissions" on an April 13, 2012 earnings conference call with investors.
"Defendants misrepresented the losses and risk of loss to the company arising from massive bets on derivative contracts related to credit indexes reflecting interest rates on corporate bonds," the complaint said. "These derivative bets went horribly wrong, resulting in billions of dollars in lost capital for the company and billions more in lost market capitalization for JPMorgan shareholders."
The cases are James Baker, derivatively on behalf of JPMorgan Chase & Co v James Dimon, et al in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 12-3878 and Saratoga Advantage Trust v JPMorgan Chase & Co in the same court No. 12-3879.
(Reporting By Grant McCool; editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Jeffrey Benkoe)
Tue, May 15, 2012
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By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - The parents of the Florida A&M University drum major who died after suspected hazing said on Monday they will file a lawsuit against the school to stop what they say is a violent initiation rite.
"This is not going to go away like other incidents," said the family's attorney, Christopher Chestnut. "The culture of hazing within the FAMU band has got to be eradicated."
Robert Champion, 26, died November 19 after being rushed to a hospital following a performance by the internationally renowned FAMU Marching "100" band at the annual Florida Classic football game against Bethune-Cookman University in Orlando.
Champion, a music major from Atlanta who served as one of six drum majors for the 375-member Marching "100" band, vomited and complained that he could not breathe in a band bus in the parking lot of a hotel after the game.
The medical examiner's office said a cause of death will not be known for about 10 weeks, but local law enforcement officials suspect that Champion died following a hazing incident aboard the bus.
"What's tragic is that this could happen to another kid," said Champion's father, Robert Champion Sr. "You go to school to become a productive citizen and pursue something you love to do. You don't expect this."
Pam Champion said her son was a laid-back, gentle young man who was involved in his church, and did community outreach. He tried to help new members adjust to life among the world-famous Marching "100," known for its high-stepping, high-energy dance routines. "He loved the band," she said.
Their attorney said the family hopes the lawsuit, which has not yet been filed, will shed light on a practice that they contend has been tolerated not just within the marching band or at FAMU, but at bands, fraternities and colleges across the country.
PAST PROBLEMS
Champion's death is the most recent hazing-related incident involving the Marching "100" and the university.
A band member won a $1.8 million verdict in a civil battery suit against five band members for a 2001 hazing incident in which he was beaten so badly his kidneys shut down. The student settled the suit out of court with FAMU for an undisclosed sum.
In 2006, a pair of FAMU fraternity students went to jail for a hazing incident that left the victim so bruised from paddling he required surgery.
A 2005 Florida law, passed after the death of a University of Miami student, bolstered penalties for hazing rituals that lead to great bodily harm or death.
After Champion's death, FAMU President James Ammons suspended the band's activities and fired director Julian White, who has led the band since 1998. Ammons created a task force to look into hazing at the historically black college.
White wants his job back and has hired Tallahassee lawyer Chuck Hobbs, who said the tenured FAMU professor has been made a scapegoat despite White's repeated efforts over the past 13 years to address hazing. Those efforts included a decision in November to suspend approximately 30 band members for hazing activities earlier this fall, Hobbs said.
"This is a knee-jerk reaction by the administration." Hobbs told Reuters on Monday. "It could be at least three months before the medical examiner's report is released...It is extremely premature to make this decision."
The Orange County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death. Last week, Governor Rick Scott also ordered the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to conduct an investigation "to assure that the circumstances leading to Mr. Champion's death become fully known, and that if there are individuals directly or indirectly responsible for this death, they are appropriately brought to justice and held accountable."
(Additional reporting by Barbara Liston; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Greg McCune)
Mon, November 28, 2011
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German regional court has opened the door to an investor law suit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's over its assessment of Lehman Brothers securities before the collapse of the U.S. investment bank.
The Frankfurt higher regional court rejected a lower court ruling that had found the court had no jurisdiction.
"The case will be sent back to the lower Frankfurt court for action and a decision," a spokeswoman for the higher regional court said on Monday.
The German court has jurisdiction because S&P has assets in Germany and the person bringing the suit is a German resident, the higher regional court said in a statement.
German law firm KWAG brought the suit on behalf of an investor who had bought 30,000 euros ($40,000) worth of Lehman securities based on a favorable S&P rating, a spokesman for KWAG said. The ruling could open the door to further suits, he said.
Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008.
An S&P spokeswoman declined comment. ($1 = 0.7536 euros)
(Reporting by Jonathan Gould; Editing by Andrew Callus)
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Wed, March 23, 2011
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> and Chrysler Group LLC <FIA.MI> have sued Allied Systems Holding Inc <HAUL.UL ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> and Chrysler Group LLC <FIA.MI> have sued Allied Systems Holding Inc <HAUL.UL ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of transgender residents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against New York City over what they say ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The board of News Corp <NWSA.O> has been sued by shareholders for agreeing to buy a business owned by Chairman ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood said on Friday it would sue South Dakota if Gov. Dennis Daugaard signs an abortion bill requiring ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
Kamofie & Company bosses released the CCTV tapes to the Associated Press after striking a deal reportedly worth $40,000 (£26,670). The video has ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
Warner Bros. chiefs decided to kick Sheen off the show following weeks of bizarre behaviour and public rants against producers and writer Chuck Lorre ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) - Pop singer Lady Gaga has threatened to sue a specialist ice cream parlour in London for naming its breast milk ice cream ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
By Matthew Belloni
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Charlie Sheen's attorney wasted no time going on the offensive after his client was fired from ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
The flamboyant couturier had been drinking at a bar in the French capital on Thursday (24Feb11) and was arrested after reportedly launching a bitter ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
(Corrects brand name in paragraph 13 and adds brand name to paragraph 5)
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two tobacco companies went to court ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
DETROIT (Reuters) - Sixty-four former Chrysler dealers sued the U.S. government on Thursday, saying the Obama administration violated their rights by closing their stores ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
DETROIT/MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrari will use the full name of its "Ferrari F150th Italia" Formula One car from now on after Ford Motor Co ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - Angry football fans have sued the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys, saying they were denied seats to ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
S2E11: Well folks, it looks like the Pittsburgh Steelers weren't the only ones getting their asses handed to them last night. Glee delivered ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five Hollywood studios are suing a website that streams movies, accusing it of copyright infringement on a "massive scale".
Disney Enterprises ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of for-profit schools on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday to stop implementation of three costly ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of an elderly woman who died waiting for an ambulance during a massive snow storm took the first step ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines and American Airlines filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block further financing of a program to expand Chicago's ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Reuters) - The parents of a Mexican teenager allegedly killed last year by a bullet fired by a U ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Madison, Wis. (Learfield) - A liberal group says it might file a lawsuit if Republicans pass a law that makes Wisconsin voters show photo I-D ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
MADISON (WHBL) - Four former workers at Oscar Mayer are suing Kraft Foods because their retirement benefits were cut back starting this month. The federal ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seven automobile insurance firms have followed Allstate Insurance Co in suing Toyota Motor Corp to recover money they ...
Tue, December 28, 2010
BANGALORE (Reuters) - A group of iPhone and iPad users have sued Apple Inc alleging that certain applications (apps) were passing personal user information to ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
By Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The states of Arizona and Nevada sued Bank of America Corp on Friday, accusing the largest U.S ...
Mon, November 22, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A porn star who locked herself in the bathroom last month in the midst of a drunken rampage by actor Charlie ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
The coalition, which also includes Disney and Fox, filed legal papers last Thursday (11Nov10) at Arizona District Court claiming bosses at Family Edited DVDS ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Livestock producers and other food industry groups filed a suit on Tuesday seeking to overturn a U.S. decision ...
Mon, November 01, 2010
By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Tribune Co creditors filed sprawling lawsuits on Monday that take aim at Sam Zell, his banks and advisers ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of investors in bankrupt Tribune Co sued JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Citicorp and Bank of America, claiming the banks arranged $3 ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
Leading Hells Angels are furious their trademarked Winged Death features on new McQueen rings, bags, a scarf and a dress.
The biker gang's ...
Wed, October 27, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former Marsh & McLennan Cos executives, whose criminal convictions in an insurance bid-rigging scheme were thrown out, sued their former employer ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A lawyer who sparked an international tuberculosis scare in 2007 after he flew to and from Europe while infected ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
ATLANTA, Oct 21 (Reuters Legal) - U.S. environmental groups filed a suit on Wednesday against British-based oil giant BP Plc saying the world's ...
Sun, October 17, 2010
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian-American released after 30 months in a Tehran jail said he was duped into handing money to a U.S.-based ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
A new biography, entitled Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil, is slated to be published by Yale University Press next year (11) with a picture ...
Wed, October 13, 2010
UNDATED (WSAU) There will be at least one civil lawsuit filed against the "sexting" district attorney. One woman - a domestic violence victim - has retained ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - News Corp's Fox, Walt Disney Co's ABC, CBS and several other broadcasters on Tuesday sued tiny upstart online subscription ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Editors at InTouch Weekly ran a front-page story this week (begs20Sep10) carrying allegations from a former prostitute named Irma Nici, who claimed the soccer ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - BP and its partners in the blown-out Gulf well said on Monday that thousands of fishermen, seafood processors ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Miami police union sued the city this week for abandoning their collective bargaining agreement and pushing through emergency pay and ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
By Eriq Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Warner Bros. and the Walt Disney Co. have teamed up in a new legal effort to choke ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A pro-family group is trying for a second time to get rid of the state’s domestic partner registry.
Wisconsin Family ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
BOSTON (Reuters) - Thirty-one current and former truck drivers at FedEx Corp sued the U.S. package delivery company on Tuesday, claiming it improperly classifies ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said on Tuesday he is suing the world's biggest makers of liquid crystal ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Beach Boys Threaten to Sue Katy Perry For 'California Gurls' Lyric
In between her scheduled events of talking about how religious her parents were ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Carol Burnett to Guest Star on Glee as Sue Sylvester's Mom
Can you believe Glee has only been around for one season? For ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two environmental groups say they’ll sue the state DNR Wednesday, for not meeting a deadline to renew an air pollution ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
The Dutch beauty claims shots taken by photographer Greg Lotus were featured in the June (10) edition of the men's publication without her ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two lawsuits have been filed over a gob of toothpaste.
Escalating a battle between two of the world ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (WTAQ) - A former USDA official is looking to sue the man who cost her her job.
Shirley Sherrod told the National ...
Mon, July 26, 2010
By Pav Jordan
TORONTO (Reuters) - Billionaire Carl Icahn on Monday accused Lions Gate Entertainment Corp of using "scorched-earth" tactics to thwart his bid to ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A state appeals court says the fiancée of murdered UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann cannot sue for damages, because he’s ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A state appeals court says the fiancée of murdered U-W Madison student Brittany Zimmermann cannot sue for damages, because he ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin and 4 other states filed a federal lawsuit Monday, demanding fast action to keep the Asian carp out of the ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chaka Demus and Pliers, the reggae act best known for their nineties hit "Murder She Wrote" are suing their record company ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
By Guy Faulconbridge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The family of murdered American journalist Paul Klebnikov said Friday it may sue Russia in Europe's human rights ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been sued by iPhone customers in at least three complaints related to antenna problems on its newest model ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The proposed merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc would lessen competition and lead to higher fares, according to a lawsuit ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's pension fund plans to sue BP Plc to recover losses from the drop in ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
By Eriq Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The mothers of some beauty pageant contestants say they were tricked into appearing on a TV talk ...
Sat, June 05, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers for Bank of America Corp, one of the nation's largest employers, have sued the company for allegedly failing to ...
Sat, May 29, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of lenders to the Texas Rangers sued on Friday to put the baseball team's equity owners, controlled by private ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc <BP.L> for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially ...
Sat, May 22, 2010
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) Shawn Leslie says he's considering a lawsuit, but that won't get what he lost back.
Leslie says when he ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. airlines sued federal regulators on Monday to stop enforcement of a landmark change in labor law that could make it ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state attorney general’s office insists that J.B. Van Hollen acted on his own – and was not acting on ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
By Eriq Gardner and Matthew Belloni
NEW YORK (Hollywwod Reporter) - The family that owns rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks has sued 20th Century ...
Fri, April 09, 2010
By Matthew Belloni
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Two of the creators of Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" franchise have sued the network for more ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Leaders of the Oklahoma House and Senate said on Tuesday they plan to file a lawsuit to block President Barack Obama's ...
Mon, March 29, 2010
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI (Reuters) - Relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits ...
Fri, March 26, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s majority Democrats quickly shot down Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s request to sue Washington over the law ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s attorney general asked the governor and Legislature Thursday for permission to sue the federal government to strike down parts ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin’s attorney general asked the governor and Legislature today for permission to sue the federal government to strike down parts ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virginia's attorney general said he plans to sue the federal government over the healthcare reform legislation, saying Congress lacks authority ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
By Paritosh Bansal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several former American International Group Inc <AIG.N> employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of Bernard Madoff's defrauded investors opened a new legal front on Wednesday to get their money ...
Mon, February 08, 2010
(removes reference to libel in headline on Feb. 8 story)
LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing Britain's News ...
Sat, January 16, 2010
(Corrects reference to website in paragraph 5)
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish politician said on Saturday that he was "stupefied" by the FBI's decision ...
Wed, January 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen U.S. state attorneys general visited Washington on Wednesday threatening to sue the U.S. government if the ...
Wed, December 23, 2009
MANILA (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao plans to sue Floyd Mayweather, the American's father and Golden Boy Promotions in the next few days following a ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York schools, teachers, superintendents, and other groups sued Governor David Paterson on Wednesday, saying he had "illegally ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc workers are suing the telephone operator for an estimated $1 billion in overtime payments in two class action ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
By Emma Thomasson
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG <UBS.N> <UBSN.VX> will not sue its former bosses after risky bets on subprime mortgages and ...
Mon, December 14, 2009
KOHLER (WRN) - Two Sheboygan County families are suing the state DOT to stop a freeway interchange from being built only for golfing events at ...
Fri, November 20, 2009
By Jon Hurdle
DIMOCK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band No Doubt sued video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc over the use of their likeness on its new "Band ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused hedge fund billionaire Raja Rajaratnam and his family's foundation were sued in a U.S. court ...
Tue, October 20, 2009
By Grant McCool and Gina Keating
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some investors defrauded by epic swindler Bernard Madoff on Tuesday added accounting firm ...
Tue, October 20, 2009
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three U.S. states said on Tuesday they plan to sue FedEx Corp, accusing the second-largest U.S ...
Tue, October 13, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The troubled Atlantic Yards project, a multibillion-dollar redevelopment in Brooklyn, came under renewed fire on Tuesday as a group of elected ...
Mon, October 05, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two independent record labels sued U.S. rock band Guns N' Roses for $1 million, claiming the group used portions of ...
Tue, September 22, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News agency Agence France Presse and two photographers sued NFL star Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen over an ...
Wed, September 16, 2009
By Gabriel Madway
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The founders of Skype have sued owner eBay Inc and an investor group that has agreed to buy ...
Fri, September 11, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five black fire safety directors of West Indian descent sued Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit on Friday, accusing ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four of the world's biggest recording companies have sued the producers of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," accusing ...
Mon, August 31, 2009
By Brad Dorfman and Jonathan Stempel
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group including some top U.S. tobacco companies filed a federal lawsuit on ...
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