1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. HONIG
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. HONIG

No. 18 Civ. 8175 (ER).

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. BARRY C. HONIG, MICHAEL BRAUSER, JOHN STETSON, JOHN R. O'ROURKE III, ROBERT LADD, ELLIOT MAZA, BRIAN KELLER, JOHN H. FORD, ATG CAPITAL LLC, GRQ CONSULTANTS, INC., HS CONTRARIAN INVESTMENTS, LLC, GRANDER HOLDINGS, INC., and STETSON CAPITAL INVESTMENTS INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 25, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 77
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 77 Securities Fraud
Nature of Suit: 850 Securities / Commodities
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff, represented by Nancy A. Brown , Securities & Exchange Commission, Jack Kaufman , Securities & Exchange Commission, Jon Daniels , United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Katherine Starr Bromberg , Securities & Exchange Commission & Sanjay Wadhwa , U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Barry C. Honig & GRQ Consultants, Inc., Defendants, represented by Adam Ross Toporovsky , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Eli Bard Richlin , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Michael Joseph Osnato, Jr. , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Michael S. Sommer , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati P.C., Anar Rathod Patel , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP & Daniel Robert Walfish , Walfish & Fissell PLLC.

John Stetson, HS Contrarian Investments, LLC & Stetson Capital Investments Inc., Defendants, represented by George S. Canellos , Milbank LLP & Adam Fee , Milbank LLP.

Michael Brauser & Grander Holdings, Inc., Defendants, represented by Dennis Alan Richard , Richard & Richard, P.A., James D. Sallah , Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC, Joshua A. Katz , Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC, Mark J. Astarita , Sallah Astarita & Cox LLC, Melissa Lea Mackiewicz , Richard & Richard P.A. & Michael David Handelsman , Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC.

John R. O'Rourke, III, Defendant, represented by Gregory Robert Morvillo , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP & Nicole Renee Lloret , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Robert Ladd, Defendant, represented by Chris Johnstone , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP & Randall R. Lee , Cooley LLP.

Elliot Maza, Defendant, represented by Nelson Andrew Boxer , Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP & Jack Michael Genberg , Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP.

AMENDED OPINION & ORDER

On May 9, 2016, Robert Ladd announced that John McAfee, a prominent figure in the cybersecurity industry, would become the new CEO of his company, MGT Capital Investments, Inc. In that same announcement, Robert Ladd claimed that McAfee had sold his previous...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases