Regions Financial Corporation: Filed Case

• Corrected First Amended Complaint For Violation Of Federal Securities Laws (4.41 MB)
  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ALFRED FAIT, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, et al., Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-03161 -LAK (Consolidated) CLASS ACTION CORRECTED FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS x NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This is a securities class action on behalf of all persons who acquired the 8.875% Trust Preferred Securities (the "Securities") of Regions Financing Trust III ("Regions Trust III") pursuant or traceable to a materially false and misleading registration statement and prospectus (the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the April 2008 offering of the Securities (the "Offering"). This action asserts violations of the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") based on theories of strict liability and negligence - but not fraud - against Regions Financial Corporation ("Regions" or the "Company"), certain of its subsidiaries, its senior
  
  
• First Amended Complaint For Violation Of Federal Securities Laws (4.49 MB)
  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ALFRED FAIT, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. l:09-cv-03161-LAK (Consolidated) CLASS ACTION FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This is a securities class action on behalf of all persons who acquired the 8.875% Trust Preferred Securities (the "Securities") of Regions Financing Capital Trust HI ("Regions Trust HI") pursuant or traceable to a materially false and misleading registration statement and prospectus (the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the April 2008 offering of the Securities (the "Offering"). This action asserts violations of the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") based on theories of strict liability and negligence - but not fraud - against Regions Financial Corporation ("Regions" or the "Company"), certain of its subsidiaries, its se
  
  
• Class Action Complaint (1.10 MB)
  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK WILLIAM SMITH, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, REGIONS FINANCING TRUST III, C. DOWD RITTER, SAMUEL W. BARTHOLOMEW, JR., GEORGE W. BRYAN, DAVID J. COOPER, EARNEST W. DEAVENPORT, JR., DON DEFOSSET, JAMES R. MALONE, SUSAN W. MATLOCK, CHARLES D. MCCRARY, CLAUDE B. NIELSEN, JORGE M. PEREZ, LEE J. STYSLINGER, III, SPENCE L. WILSON, JOHN R. ROBERTS, UBS SECURITIES LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, INC. and ERNST & YOUNG LLP, Defendants. Plaintiff, William Smith ("Plaintiff), alleges the following based upon the investigation by Plaintiffs counsel, which included, among other things, a review of the defendants' public documents, conference calls and announcements made by defendants, United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"
  
  
• Complaint For Violation Of The Federal Securities Laws (1.25 MB)
  fucif JS 44C/SDNY REV. 1/2008 CIVIL COVER SHE B9CIV 3161 The JS-44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. PLAINTIFFS ALFRED FAIT, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, __________________________ DEFENDANTS REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, et al. Please see attached Schedule A for additional Defendants ATTORNEYS (FIRM NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER) Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, 58 So. Service Road, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 (631) 367-7100 ATTORNEYS (IF KNOWN) APH 0 1 2009 CAUSE OF ACTION (cite the u.s. civil statute under which you are filing and write a brief statement of cause) (DO NOT CITE JURIS
  
  

• Memorandum Opinion (0.62 MB)
  'UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ..................................x ALFRED FAIT, Plaintiff, -against- 09 Civ. 3161 (LAK) REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP., et al., Defendants. ..................................x MEMORANDUM OPINION Appearances: Andrew J. Brown Eric I. Niehaus Lucas F. Olts Samuel H. Rudman David A. Rosenfeld Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff David B. Tulchin William J. Snipes Claire E. Hunter Florence J. Goal Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Attorneys for the Regions Defendants Stanley J. Parzen John J. Tharp, Jr. James C. Schroeder J. Bishop Grewell Mauricio A. Espana Mayer Brown LLP Attorneys for Defendant Ernst & Young LLP 2 Lewis A. Kaplan, District Judge. This is a purported class action for alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") by a bank holding company, its subsidiary, its directors, its auditor, and the inve
  
  
• Order (29 KB)
  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------.....-......-----------------............x ALFRED FAIT, Plaintiff, -against- 09 Civ. 3161 (LAK) REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. ---------...........-.....------........------x ORDER Lewis A. Kaplan, District Judge. Plaintiff's motion to consolidate 09 Civ. 3976 with and into 09 Civ. 3161, to appoint a lead plaintiff and to appoint lead counsel is granted [09 Civ. 3161 docket item 16] in all respects, save the it is denied as moot insofar as it seeks consolidation. SO ORDERED. Dated: June 29,2009 ___iaJ/I, ___ Lewi? A. Kaplan United States District Judge .IJSDCSDNY I DOCUMENT I ELECTRONICALLY FILED HOC #:_____ ¦>ATE FILED #:
  
  
• Class Action Complaint For Violations Of Federal Securities Laws (2.19 MB)
  FILED 2009Oct-06 PM 03:23 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN M. MCCLELLAN, Individually and ) On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) CIVIL ACTION NO.___________ Plaintiff, ) v. ) REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ) C. DOWD RITTER, JACKSON W. ) MOORE, IRENE ESTEVES, ALTON E. ) YOTHER, D. BRYAN JORDAN, ) RONALD C. JACKSON, RICHARD D. ) CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT HORSLEY, ALLEN B. MORGAN JR., ) SAMUEL BARTHOLOMEW, JR., ) GEORGE W. BRYAN, MARGARET H. ) GREENE, SUSAN W MATLOCK, ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED JORGE M. PEREZ, DR. MALCOLM ) PORTERA, JOHN R. ROBERTS, ) MICHAEL S. STARNES, LEE J. ) STYSLINGER III, ROBERT R. WALLER, ) SPENCE L. WILSON, HARRY W. WITT, ) MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER
  
  

• Complaint For Violations Of Federal Securities Laws (1.15 MB)
  Case2:10-cv-02847-!PJ Document 1 Filed 10/20/10 Page 1 of 27 FILED 2010 Oct-22 AM 08:54 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA 10 ~r o ri i UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION LOCAL 703, I.B. OF T. GROCERY AND FOOD EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, C. DOWD RITTER, IRENE M. ESTEVES and ALTON E. YOTHER, Defendants. ) ) ) ) , ) ) Civil Action No. ) ) CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS CV-10-J-2847-S DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Case 2:10-cv-02847-!PJ Document 1 Filed 10/20/10 Page 2 of 27 1. This is a securities class action on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Regions Financial Corporation ("Regions" or the "Company") between February 27,2008 and January 19.2009, inclusive (the "Class Period"), against Regions, its Chairman and Chief Executive Offi