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By tbartlett on March 23, 2011
Developments continue in the criminal proceedings against Mark St. Pierre, former New Orleans Chief Technology Officer Greg Meffert, and others, which proceedings were initiated in the wake of the November 2009 $16.3 million verdict against Meffert, various entities owned by St. Pierre, and another large technology provider in favor of Jones Swanson clients and local [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged civil conspiracy, LUTPA, unfair trade practices
By tbartlett on October 6, 2010
New developments continue to transpire in the wake of last November’s $16.3 million verdict against Dell, Inc., former New Orleans Chief Technology Officer Greg Meffert, and various entities owned by Mark St. Pierre, in favor of Jones Swanson clients and local technology companies Southern Electronics and Active Solutions, stemming from a conspiracy among the defendants [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged civil conspiracy, commercial litigation, LUTPA, unfair trade practices
By JSH&G on October 1, 2010
On April 20, 2007, the firm filed a suit against numerous entities and individuals on behalf of two local New Orleans technology companies that had devised the first successful citywide wireless video surveillance system in the United States and the world, as recognized by national news outlets, including USA Today and HDNet. One of the [...]
Posted in Commercial Litigation | Tagged civil conspiracy, commercial litigation, LUTPA, unfair trade practices
By JSH&G on September 21, 2010
The Jones, Swanson firm brought this suit on behalf of a Louisiana- and Atlanta-based entrepreneur group that had built a national self-storage company over the course of twenty years, only to be subject to the unfair trade practices and gross conflict of interest by its investment partners, including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, resulting in [...]
Posted in Commercial Litigation | Tagged bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy, commercial litigation, implied covenant of good faith, LUTPA, unfair trade practices
By tbartlett on September 1, 2010
The firm filed suit in this matter on behalf of an individual who was defrauded in a conspiracy between tax advisors and the head of the tax law department of a major New York law firm, wherein the defendants conspired to commit wire and mail fraud to generate fees and kickbacks from the design and [...]
Posted in Commercial Litigation | Tagged civil conspiracy, commercial litigation, fraud, RICO, tax strategy
