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UDF Exhibits Characteristics Consistent with a Ponzi Scheme,” Famed Investor Alleges; Peiffer Wolf Securities Lawyers Have Been Retained by UDF Investors, Are Preparing to Take Action, and Focusing on Investors who Purchased Prior 2014 Hayman Capital Management, a hedge fund founded by Dallas investor Kyle Bass,...

20 February, 2016

Premier Cru—Bankruptcy Filing

Berkeley-based Wine Retailer Premier Cru, under its Corporate Name, Fox Ortega Enterprises, Petitioned for Chapter 7 Protection under Federal Bankruptcy Law; Premier Cru Lists Just $7 Million in Assets, including $6.8 Million Worth of Wine, and $70 Million in Liabilities Premier Cru, once known for unbeatable...

13 February, 2016

George W. Montgomery—Ponzi Scheme

George  W. Montgomery, Whose Partner was Indicted on More than 60 Felony Charges and Was Facing Eviction and Was “Main Target” of a Criminal Case before Purportedly Falling to Suicide from Multiple Gun Shots Have you lost funds investing with George W. Montgomery? George W. Montgomery,...

12 February, 2016

Dawn J. Bennett—Inflation of Firm’s Assets, Misrepresentation of Facts

Dawn J. Bennett, Host of “Financial Myth Busting” and Founder of Bennett Group Financial Services in Washington D.C., Allegedly Inflated Her Firm’s Assets by Much as Five Times Actual Amount Dawn J. Bennett, 53, Host of “Financial Myth Busting” and Founder of Bennett Group Financial Services in...

11 February, 2016

American Growth Funding II LLC and Ralph Johnson— Misrepresentations Regarding Company’s Management and Loan Book

American Growth Funding II LLC (AGF II) and Ralph Johnson Allegedly Lied to Investors Repeated Times Regarding Purchases of High-Yield Securities, No Audits of AGF II until 2014 American Growth Funding II LLC (AGF II) and its owner Ralph Johnson have been accused by the SEC...

09 February, 2016

Timothy S. Demski and Walter F. Grenda — False and Misleading Statements to Clients

Timothy S. Demski and Scott Stephan Allegedly Developed an Untested Algorithm Composed of Day-trading ETFs Walter F. Grenda, of Hamburg, NY and Timothy S. Dembski, of Lancaster, NY, allegedly made false and misleading statements to their clients, recommending investment in the Prestige Wealth Management Fund which...

07 February, 2016

Firm Files Petition for Certiorari in U.S. Supreme Court

Today, the firm of Peiffer Wolf filed a petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a disabled man who was denied relief in federal district court.  You can find the petition here. John Doe was placed in solitary confinement at a local...

25 September, 2015

Peiffer Wolf Attorney Jeffrey Lawrence and Colleagues Files Class Action Against Volkswagen on Behalf of Purchasers of “Clean Diesel” Cars

The KCK lawsuit was filed by three small law firms, David R. Smith, P.C., Kapke & Willerth, and Lawrence’s firm, Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane, which is based in New Orleans. Volkswagen has admitted that 11 million of its diesel cars were equipped with software that...

25 September, 2015

Peiffer Wolf Partner Dave Abdullah Interviewed in Connection with Police Brutality Case

Michael Baugh said he had just closed up his family's hair salon Friday night when two Louisiana State Police troopers approached his truck, looking for a man waving a gun. The troopers never did find a gun, but by the end of the confrontation, Baugh was...

24 September, 2015

Hawai‘i County Settles Lawsuit Over Pre-Employment Medical Testing

County will no longer force workers to submit to urinalysis, reveal private medical history Honolulu – The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i Foundation and the law firm of Peiffer Wolf KCarr & Kane today announced settlement of a lawsuit against Hawai‘i County over its practice...

14 September, 2015