In re Salomon Analyst Level 3 Litigation

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In re Salomon Analyst Level 3 Litigation
2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 317
US
Federal Court
New York
United States District Court
Brad S. Karp, Christopher J. Marino, Daniel A. Osborn, David C. Katz, Donald R. Hall, Eric S. Goldstein, Frederic S. Fox, Gregory Linkh, Jack Zwick, Jacqueline Sailer, Joseph H. Weiss, Joyce S. Huang, Martin London, Peter K. Vigeland, Richard A. Rosen
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Summary

In this securities fraud case, a federal district court ruled that valuation models are opinions, not facts, and that, therefore, an appraiser does not have a duty to disclose others' valuation models in the appraiser's reports.
In re Salomon Analyst Level 3 Litigation
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Valuation models are ‘opinion’ not ‘fact;’ appraiser need not disclose others’ valuations

In this securities fraud action, the issue was whether research analyst reports disseminated by Jack Grubman and Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) were materially false and misleading.