Legal Opinion

Securities & Exchange Commission v. Life Partners Holdings, Inc.

District Court, W.D. Texas

Decided November 19, 2013No. Civil Action No. 1-12-CV-00033-JRNPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

JAMES R. NOWLIN, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (“Life Partners” or “LPHI”) and R. Scott Peden’s (collectively “Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment. (Dkt. No. 110). For reasons set out below, the Court denies Defendants’ Motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendants move for Partial Summary Judgment on the SEC’s claims against them related to their alleged failure to disclose systematic and material understatement of life expectancies (“LEs”) they utilized in the sale of life insurance policies in the secondary market (“life settlements”). Defendants…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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