Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V, L.P. v. Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

How courts have described this case

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• holding that negligent misrepresentation and fraud claims against Mayer Brown for misrepresenting Refco’s financial condition in connection with LBO involved conduct regulating rules
• choosing jurisdiction where “bulk of events surrounding the alleged negligent misrepresentation and the underlying fraud” occurred
• location of the loss does not override full interest analysis where there is another location with a greater interest in having its law applied
• “An agreement induced on knowingly false pretenses, ‘constitutes fraud and, despite the so-called merger clause, [plaintiffs are] free to prove that [they were] induced by false and fraudulent misrepresentations to . . . execute the [agreement].’”

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