Lawsuit Overview
September 29, 2017 - The court granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss with leave to amend.
January 11, 2017 - Defendants filed a motion to dismiss.
November 18, 2016 - The lead plaintiffs filed a second amended consolidated complaint on behalf of investors who purchased Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) common shares between November 18, 2011 and April 11, 2016. The lead plaintiffs allege that the defendants violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing false and misleading statements between November 18, 2011 and April 11, 2016.
February 17, 2016 - The court granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss.
March 16, 2015 - Defendants filed motions to dismiss.
November 24, 2014 - The lead plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint on behalf of investors who purchased Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) common shares between February 9, 2012 and August 22, 2014. The lead plaintiffs allege that the defendants violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing false and misleading statements between February 9, 2012 and August 22, 2014.
September 24, 2014 - The lead plaintiffs and lead counsel were appointed.
July 7, 2014 - A lead plaintiff motion was filed.
May 5, 2014 - An investor in shares of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements made between February 9, 2012 and April 25, 2014.
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) between February 9, 2012 and April 25, 2014, that the defendants violated Federal Securities Laws pursuant to Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
More specifically, the plaintiff claims that between February 9, 2012 and April 25, 2014 defendants made allegedly false and/or misleading statements and/or allegedly failed to disclose that Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC violated relevant anti-bribery laws by accepting an investment from the Libyan Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund, that Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC loaned $234 million to help finance two ventures in the Democratic Republic of Congo in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA ), that beginning in 2011, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC received subpoenas from the Securities and Exchange Commission( SEC ) and the United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ) in connection with the transactions mentioned above, and that as a result of the above, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC’s financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On March 18, 2014, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC disclosed that in the beginning in 2011, and from time to time thereafter, it have received subpoenas from the SEC and requests for information from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) in connection with an investigation involving the FCPA and related laws. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC said that the investigation concerns an investment by a foreign sovereign wealth fund in some of its funds in 2007 and investments by some of its funds, both directly and indirectly, in a number of companies in Africa.
Shares of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) closed on May 5, 2014 closed at $12.02 per share.