S.E.C. v. MUTUAL BENEFITS CORP.

No. 04-60573.

323 F.Supp.2d 1337 (2004)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. MUTUAL BENEFITS CORP., Joel Steinger a/k/a Joel Steiner, Leslie Steinger a/k/a Leslie Steiner, and Peter Lombardi, Defendants, Viatical Benefactors, LLC, Viatical Services, Inc., Kensington Management, Inc., Rainy Consulting Corp., Twin Groves Investments, Inc., P.J.L. Consulting, Inc., SKS Consulting, Inc., and Camden Consulting, Inc., Relief Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

June 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa J. Verges, Esq., Alise M. Johnson, Esq., Cheldy C. Dumornay, Esq., Linda S. Schmidt, Esq., Ryan D. O'Quinn, Esq., Securities and Exchange Commission, Miami, FL, Roberto Martinez, Esq., Colson Hickes Edison, Coral Gables, Laurel M. Isicoff, Esq., Kenneth R. Hartmann, Esq., David P. Milian, Esq., Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff.

Bruce A. Zimet, Esq., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Richard Ben-Veniste, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, IL, Benedict P. Kuehne, Esq., Jon A. Sale, Esq., Sale & Kuehne, Faith E. Gay, Esq., Lee Rubin, Esq., White & Case, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant.


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

MORENO, District Judge.

Before the Court is an action commenced by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the violation of various federal securities regulations in the trade of life insurance policies of terminally ill people. Presently, the Court is called upon to decide whether the sale of these "viatical settlements" is beyond the scope of the federal securities...

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