Apr 28, 2010
Mayer Brown Not Liable for Losses of Refco Investors, 2nd Circuit Decides
Secondary actors such as attorneys can only be held liable for false statements in private damages actions under the securities laws if the statements are attributable to them at the time they are disseminated, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday. Ruling in a civil suit brought against Mayer Brown and former partner and now prison inmate Joseph Collins in connection with the Refco securities fraud and financial meltdown, the 2nd Circuit rejected civil liability for both.