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Paul, Weiss Wins Dismissal with Prejudice of Two Class Actions Against Morgan Stanley in the S.D.N.Y.
- Client News
- February 9, 2009
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Judge Barbara Jones has dismissed, in their entirety, two securities class actions against our clients Morgan Stanley and various Morgan Stanley-related subsidiaries and mutual funds. The complaints alleged that the investment managers of mutual funds that concentrated in the technology and information sectors of the economy had been improperly influenced in their investment decisions by Morgan Stanley's banking relationships with certain public companies and by the reports prepared by sell-side research analysts employed by Morgan Stanley. Judge Jones accepted the arguments advanced by Paul, Weiss in our motion to dismiss and held that there was no duty to disclose the allegedly omitted information in mutual fund prospectuses or otherwise.
The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, litigation partner Walter Rieman.