Thursday, April 4, 2013

It's B-a-a-c-k! Cohen’s Ex-Wife Has Racketeering Suit Against Him Reinstated




The ex-wife of SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven A. Cohen won reinstatement of most of a lawsuit in which she seeks $8.25 million in damages based on claims the hedge fund is “the product of an ongoing racketeering scheme” that engaged in insider trading.

Patricia Cohen’s July 2010 amended complaint was dismissed in 2011 for being filed after legal deadlines. A federal appeals court in Manhattan today ruled her lawsuit was filed in a timely manner, and that she validly stated claims her husband violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as common law fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. A fourth claim was found to have been properly dismissed….

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Cohen-s-Ex-Wife-Has-Racketeering-Suit-Against-4406504.php#ixzz2PTIj9ahK

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