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TWIN MASTER FUND, LTD. v. AKORN, INC.

Case Nos. 19 C 3648, 19 C 4651

TWIN MASTER FUND, LTD., TWIN OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP, and TWIN SECURITIES, INC., Plaintiffs, v. AKORN, INC., RAJAT RAI, DUANE PORTWOOD, ALAN WEINSTEIN, RONALD JOHNSON, and BRIAN TAMBI, Defendants. MANIKAY MASTER FUND, LP, and MANIKAY MERGER FUND, LP, Plaintiffs, v. AKORN, INC., RAJAT RAI, DUANE PORTWOOD, ALAN WEINSTEIN, RONALD JOHNSON, and BRIAN TAMBI, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 5, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 77
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 77 Securities Fraud
Nature of Suit: 850 Securities / Commodities
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twin Master Fund, Ltd., Twin Opportunities Fund, LP & Twin Securities, Inc., Plaintiffs, represented by Lawrence M. Rolnick , Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Andrew Dylan Campbell , Novack and Macey LLP, Jennifer A. Randolph , Lowenstein Sandler LLP, pro hac vice, John B. Haarlow, Jr. , Novack and Macey, LLP, Michael J. Hampson , Lowenstein Sandler LLP, pro hac vice & Richard A. Bodnar , Lowenstein Sandler LLP, pro hac vice.

Akorn, Inc., Defendant, represented by Justin C. Clarke , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, pro hac vice & Robert H. Baron , CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP, pro hac vice.

Duane A. Portwood, Defendant, represented by Robert H. Baron , CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

In 2017, Akorn, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, announced that it would be acquired by Fresenius, an international healthcare company. Before the merger closed, however, a whistleblower alerted Fresenius to possible regulatory compliance problems at...

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