Silvercorp Metals (SVM) Sues Short-Sellers for Defamation, Libel, More...
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Silvercorp Metals, Inc. (NYSE: SVM), on September 22, 2011 filed a lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court charging defendants Chinastockwatch.com, Jerry Katz, Alfredlittle.com, Alfred Little, Simon Moore, and several "John Doe" defendants with spreading "false, defamatory and fraudulent" information about Silvercorp on the Internet and in letters to the media and regulators. Silvercorp charged that the defendants did so to drive down the price of Silvercorp's stock in order to make their short positions in the stock more profitable.
Silvercorp charged that, beginning on August 29, 2011 and continuing up to the present, defendants have posted on the chinastockwatch.com and alfredlittle.com websites and sent anonymous letters to the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, Silvercorp's auditors at Ernst & Young, and various financial media outlets that falsely and maliciously allege that Silvercorp's financial statements and its resource deposits were overstated, among other false and defamatory statements. Following these statements, Silvercorp's stock price dropped sharply - as much as 20% in a day on unusually high trading volumes - before partially recovering as Silvercorp came forward with information in the form of bank statements, government records and other documents to rebut the defendants' false allegations.
Silvercorp has sued the defendants for defamation, unjust enrichment, trade libel and tortious interference, and deceptive acts and practices. As a result of the conduct charged, Silvercorp has asked the court to order the defendants to pay compensatory and punitive monetary damages, to order that the defendants' profits from their short selling activities should be disgorged to Silvercorp or imposed with a constructive trust and paid as the court may direct, and to order the defendants to remove false statements about Silvercorp from their websites and not to repeat such misconduct, among other relief. Silvercorp is represented in this matter by the law firm of K & L Gates LLP.
Silvercorp charged that, beginning on August 29, 2011 and continuing up to the present, defendants have posted on the chinastockwatch.com and alfredlittle.com websites and sent anonymous letters to the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, Silvercorp's auditors at Ernst & Young, and various financial media outlets that falsely and maliciously allege that Silvercorp's financial statements and its resource deposits were overstated, among other false and defamatory statements. Following these statements, Silvercorp's stock price dropped sharply - as much as 20% in a day on unusually high trading volumes - before partially recovering as Silvercorp came forward with information in the form of bank statements, government records and other documents to rebut the defendants' false allegations.
Silvercorp has sued the defendants for defamation, unjust enrichment, trade libel and tortious interference, and deceptive acts and practices. As a result of the conduct charged, Silvercorp has asked the court to order the defendants to pay compensatory and punitive monetary damages, to order that the defendants' profits from their short selling activities should be disgorged to Silvercorp or imposed with a constructive trust and paid as the court may direct, and to order the defendants to remove false statements about Silvercorp from their websites and not to repeat such misconduct, among other relief. Silvercorp is represented in this matter by the law firm of K & L Gates LLP.
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