Former Hedge Funds Executive Seeks To Bar Duplicative Claims From Jury Instructions

Mealey's (September 29, 2020, 9:01 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Prior to trial in a case over the collapse of hedge funds, a former member of Platinum Management (NY) LLC on Sept. 25 asked a New York federal court to exclude jury instructions on claims for fraud, constructive fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting fraud as duplicative and to consolidate two breach of fiduciary claims so a jury will be charged with only one (In re Platinum-Beechwood Litigation, No. 18-6658, Martin Trott, et al. v. Platinum Management [NY] LLC, et al., No. 18-10936, S.D. N.Y.)....