With his former firm, Mr. Gray represented the plaintiffs in a class action in which
plaintiffs obtained reportedly the largest recovery ever under the Commodities Exchange
Act, $145.35 million. See In re Sumitomo Copper Litig., 194 F.R.D. 480 (S.D.N.Y.
2000) (Pollack, J.) (certifying non-continuous class period of over two years).
In 2002, Mr. Gray obtained a $1.01 million jury verdict in an action under Section
10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Herbert Black v. Finantra Capital,
Inc., S.D.N.Y. Docket No. 02-CV-6819 (JSR)).
With his current and former firms, Mr. Gray has represented the plaintiffs in the
following reported cases, among others:
Slayton v. American Express Co.,
460 F.3d 215 (2d Cir. 2006) (obtaining reversal of U.S. District Judge’s ruling
that shareholder class action on behalf of American Express shareholders against
company and executive officers was untimely).
Univest Network, LLC v. AT&T
Corp., No. 04-CV-9868 (MGC), 2006 WL 1017679 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 19, 2006) (holding
that press releases incorporated by reference in prospectus for stock offering are
statement deemed to be made as of the date of the prospectus for purposes of liability
under Section 11 of Securities Act of 1933).
Sung ex rel. Lazard Ltd. v. Wasserstein,
415 F. Supp. 2d 393 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (remand to Supreme Court of the State of New
York granted; state law derivative action was not preempted under Securities Litigation
Uniform Standards Act of 1998).
Berger v. Scharf, No. 600935/05, 2006 WL 825171
(N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. March 29, 2006)(denying defendants’ motion to dismiss complaint
in shareholder class action).
Black v. Finantra Capital,
Inc., 418 F.3d 203 (2d Cir. 2005) (reversing district court’s grant of judgment
notwithstanding verdict pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b)).
In re Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litigation,
F.Supp.2d, 2008 WL 4501247 (S.D.N.Y. October 6, 2008) (denying in part defendants’
motions to dismiss class action alleging massive manipulation of natural gas commodities
futures prices by hedge fund during 2006).
Cox v. Microsoft, 48
A.D.3d 215, 850 N.Y.S.2d 103 (Appellate Division 1st Dep’t 2008).
To see if you may have a case to recover your financial losses, call or e-mail Christopher
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