Legal Opinion

RGH Liquidating Trust ex rel. Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 8, 2009PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Friedman, J.

This appeal requires us to determine whether a federal statute, the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (Pub L 105-353, 112 US Stat 3227, codified in pertinent part at 15 USC § 78bb [fj [SLUSA or the Act]), mandates the dismissal of fraud claims against an accounting firm asserted by plaintiff *200RGH Liquidating Trust (the RGH Trust) on behalf of the holders of bonds issued by Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (RGH), a now-defunct insurance holding company. We hold that SLUSA bars the assertion of the bondholders’ claims in this single action because…

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