Martina Barash

Alexandria

Reporter at Bloomberg Law

Reporter covering product liability and other issues @blaw. Knitter. Tweets my own. RTs not endorsements.

Articles

Coinbase Users Sue Over Terra Relationship, WLUNA Token Crash

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

COURT: N.D. Cal. TRACK DOCKET: No. 3:25-cv-04473 (Bloomberg Law subscription)Coinbase Global Inc. had a conflict of interest stemming from its relationship with Terraform Labs that motivated the cryptocurrency exchange to act in its own interest instead of its customers’, a lawsuit says.
Priest Who Ran Hedge Fund Gets Chance to Recoup Litigation Cost

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

May 27, 2025, 11:05 PM UTC The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.
Next Meats Insider Beats Suit Over Short-Swing Trades Outside US

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

Vegetarian ‘meat’ maker’s stock trades over the counter in USDomestic ‘exchange’ and sale criteria not met, court saysThe CEO of Tokyo-based Next Meats Holdings Inc. and a company he controls can’t be sued for profits from their stock transactions within a six-month period under a US securities law, a federal court ruled.
Next Meats Insider Beats Suit Over Short-Swing Trades Outside US

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Martina Barash

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Direct Lending Fund Leaders’ $18 Million Settlement Approved

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

May 22, 2025, 9:46 PM UTC The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg Direct Lending Investments LLC directors and officers got a federal court’s final approval Thursday for their $18 million settlement of fraud claims by the company’s court-appointed receiver, liquidators, and some allegedly defrauded investors.
Direct Lending Fund Leaders’ $18 Million Settlement Approved

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Martina Barash

Direct Lending Investments LLC directors and officers got a federal court’s final approval Thursday for their $18 million settlement of fraud claims by the company’s court-appointed receiver, liquidators, and some allegedly defrauded investors. The payment, to be made by five director and officer policy insurers, is a fair, adequate, and reasonable resolution, Judge Dale S. Fischer said for the US District Court for the Central District of California.
Entrepreneur Club Members Victimized in Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

May 22, 2025, 6:07 PM UTC The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg COURT: D. Nev. TRACK DOCKET: No. 2:25-cv-00895 (Bloomberg Law subscription)Two men raised more than $10 million from 23 investors, mostly members of a private entrepreneurs’ group, for a purported small-business loan venture that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme, the SEC alleges.
Entrepreneur Club Members Victimized in Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Martina Barash

Two men raised more than $10 million from 23 investors, mostly members of a private entrepreneurs’ group, for a purported small-business loan venture that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme, the SEC alleges. Joel Natario and Jefferson Scott “Patch” Baker paid early investors’ returns from later investors’ funds and enriched themselves, the Securities and Exchange Commission says. The commission filed its complaint Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Nevada.
Tivity, Investors Reach Tentative Settlement Over Merger (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

Tivity Health Inc. has reached a tentative deal to end investors’ class claims that it overstated the benefits of its 2019 Nutrisystem Inc. acquisition, the wellness company told a federal court. The terms weren’t available in Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.'s order on Wednesday canceling a hearing scheduled to take place before a June 9 trial in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Tivity Health, Investors Reach Tentative Settlement Over Merger

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Martina Barash

Tivity Health Inc. has reached a tentative settlement of investors’ class claims that it overstated the benefits of its 2019 Nutrisystem Inc. acquisition, the wellness company told a federal court. The terms weren’t available in Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.'s order on Wednesday canceling a pretrial hearing in advance of the June 9 trial date to be held in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.