Legal Documents

• SEC Amended Complaint, (November 14th, 2003), SEC v. Agora, Inc, Pirate Investor, LLC and Frank Porter Stansberry
  
  
  Civil action filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that defendants engaged in securities fraud
• Lubin v. Agora, Inc., 882 A.2d 833 (Md. 2005) September 12, 2005
  
  
  Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision that Agora’s subscriber lists are protected by the 1st Amendment
• Brief of Appellants-Defendants Pirate Investor LLC and Frank Porter Stansberry for Reversal of the District Court's Decision, (C.A.4, Jul. 25, 2008) UNITED STATES SECURITIES and Exchange Commission, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PIRATE INVESTOR LLC and Frank Porter Stansberry, Defendants.
  
  
  Brief of Appellants-Defendants filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, for reversal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland’s decision
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit’s decision, September 15, 2009 SEC v. Pirate Investor, LLC, 580 F.3d 233 (4th Cir. 2009)
  
  
  Decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upholding the District Court’s decision, finding Appellants in violation of § 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
• Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, (U.S., Mar. 26, 2010) Pirate Investor LLC v. United States Securities and Exchange Com'n
  
  
  Appellants Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, for review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit’s decision
• Brief Amici Curiae of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Media Organizations in Support of Petitioners, (U.S., Apr. 29, 2010) Pirate Investor LLC v. United States SEC
  
  
  Amicus Brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Media Organizations, on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• Brief of Society of Professional Journalists as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners, (U.S., Apr. 29, 2010) Pirate Investor LLC v. United States Securities and Exchange Com'n
  
  
  Amicus Brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by The Society of Professional Journalists, on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• Brief of Investorplace Media, LLC; ALM Media, LLC; CNBC, Inc.; The E.W. Scripps Company; Eagle Publishing, Inc.; The Financial Publishers Association; Forbes LLC; Gannett Company, Inc.; The Hearst Corporation; Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC; Lee Ent erprises, Inc.; The McClatchy Company; Media General, Inc.; The New York Times Company; The Newspaper Association of America; and WP Company LLC as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, (U.S., Apr. 29, 2010) Pirate Investor LLC v. United States Securities and Exchange Com'n
  
  
  Amicus Brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by numerous journalists and publishers on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• Bank of America Memo on Meeting with USEC’s Treasurer (Evidence) (April 18th 2002)
  
  
  Filed as undisputed evidence in the case, a memo from USEC’s investment bank, Bank of America, clearly indicating that the Russian contract agreement could be approved “near or during the next President Bush/President Putin summit in May 2002.”
• Bank of America Document (Evidence)
  
  
  Filed as undisputed evidence in the case, handwritten notes on a Bank of America document pertaining to the Russian contract agreement, observing: “Maybe May @ undersecretary levels.”

Links For Further Reading

• The New York Times: E-Mail Stock Tip Tests Limits of Securities Laws (8/3/2003)
• The Wall Street Journal: The SEC Should Leave Journalists Alone (11/7/2008)
• New York Law Journal: Section 10(b)'s 'In Connection With' Requirement Untethered (10/16/2009)
• SEC v. Pirate Investor LLC: Expansion of the “In Connection With” Requirement Under Exchange Act Section 10(b) (January 2010)
• National Law Journal Brief of the Week: Pirate Investor v. SEC (6/16/2010)
• CBS News on the Supreme Court denying a rehearing (6/28/2010)
• NY Times: The Right to be Wrong (7/4/2010)