Legal Opinion

Securities & Exchange Commission v. Gruss

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 9, 2012No. 11 Civ. 2420PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*655 OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendant Perry Grass (“Grass” or the “Defendant”) has moved to dismiss the amended complaint (the “Complaint”) brought by the plaintiff U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Plaintiff’) for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and for failure to set forth a plausible cause of action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a) and 9(b).

Upon the facts and conclusions set forth below, the Defendant’s motion is denied.

I. Prior Proceedings

The SEC filed its initial complaint on April 8, 2011 seeking enforcement of the Investment Advisers Act of…

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