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Shareholder Investigation of BT Group plc

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Morganti Legal, a firm focused on representing shareholders with investments in international companies, has commenced an investigation into potential violations of securities laws by BT Group plc (NYSE: BT, LSE: BT.A, and FSE: BTQ) in connection with the Company’s “inappropriate” accounting in its Italian division. On October 27, 2016, BT […]

Medicare Advantage Fraud Part I: Presentment of False Claims by Medical Providers to Medicare Advantage Organizations

Medicare fraud is one of the prime drivers of litigation under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Under traditional Medicare, service providers are directly reimbursed with federal government funds. In 2003, Congress significantly expanded the availability of an alternative to traditional Medicare known as Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage differs from traditional […]

Morganti Legal Initiates Ontario Shareholder Litigation against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Morganti Legal, P.C., a cross border shareholders’ rights law firm, has commenced a shareholder lawsuit against Volkswagen AG (“VW”) for publishing investor documents containing misrepresentations of material fact about its business operations between March 12, 2009 and September 18, 2015. The lawsuit alleges that VW published core and non-core investor […]

The False Claims Act’s Seal Requirement

On December 6, 2016, in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, [1] the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split in holding that a violation of the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) seal requirement does not automatically require dismissal of a relator’s claims. Still, relators and […]

Excellent Opinion in Support of False Claims Act Case for Customs Fraud

The appeals court for the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware region recently issued an excellent ruling permitting claims of import fraud to proceed.  The ruling addressed several different issues, but this article will focus only on two – finding that sufficient details had been pled based on a credible methodology for alleging that […]

Businesses That Misrepresent Their “Special Status” Eligibility for Contract or Grant Preferences Can Be Liable Under the False Claims Act

By Susan Schneider Thomas “The Congress has established a number of statutory goals designed to help small businesses compete for Federal contracts. In addition to the goal of awarding at least 23 percent of all Federal prime contracting dollars to small businesses, the Congress also established Government-wide contracting goals for […]

Material Updates: Canadian Shareholder Litigation Against BP p.l.c.

Morganti Legal, a shareholder rights law firm, responds to questions from Canadian-based investors about the ongoing shareholder litigation in Canada concerning BP, p.l.c. (herein after “BP”) (XETRA: BPE5, LSE:BP.L, and NYSE:BP.N). The BP shareholder litigation arises from the April 20, 2010 explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of […]

BP Investors Return to Ontario Court Seeking the Access to Justice that was Denied Internationally

On March 3, 2016, the Plaintiff, on behalf of the Class of Canadian-based BP investors that purchased BP’s securities between May 9, 2007 and May 28, 2010, filed a motion to remove the stay of proceedings instituted by the Ontario Court of Appeal on August 14, 2014. The stay of […]

Morganti Legal Has Relocated

Morganti Legal is proud to announce that as of February 24, 2016, the Firm has relocated to our new head office at One Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. Also home to the Toronto Star and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (“LCBO”), one Yonge street marks the beginning of what was […]

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Barkerville Gold Mines’ 2012 Technical Report Found to be Substandard

TORONTO – Morganti Legal, a cross-border law firm focused on representing investors, has commenced an investigation into potential violations of the securities laws by Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX Venture: “BGM” and CUSIP: 067642; Frankfurt: IWUB). On June 28, 2012, Barkerville Gold published a press release announcing a NI 43-101 […]

Andrew Morganti Speaks to The Bar Association of San Francisco

On Wednesday, January 27, 2016  Andrew Morganti will be a speaker at The Bar Association of San Francisco’s panel entitled International Recovery Strategies for Foreign Investments, Post-Morrison. Mr. Morganti and other notable speakers from around the United States and Europe will discuss recent developments in the expansion of collective actions […]

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Shareholder has filed a lawsuit against Nobilis Health Corp.

Morganti Legal, a cross-border law firm focused on representing investors, announces that a putative class action has been commenced on behalf of all investors who purchased shares of Nobilis Health Corp. (TSX: “NHC” and FRA: “NH1”) during the period from and including March 23, 2015 to and including October 9, […]