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BlackRock Inc. (BLK) wants a judge to dismiss a securities lawsuit <\/a>accusing the money manager of charging exorbitant fees and breaching its fiduciary duties. Lawyers for the firm argued that the claims have no merit in the U.S. District Court in Trenton, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The investor plaintiffs, including a Florida investment adviser who won the lottery, contend that BlackRock\u2019s subsidiaries collected excessive fees for services provided to Equity Dividend Fund (MDDVX), worth almost $30 billion, and their Global Allocation Fund, (MDLOX), worth close to $59 billion. They say that they lost millions of dollars because of excessive fees. <\/p>\n

However, reports InvestmentNews<\/em>, according to one of the lawyers representing BlackRock, the complaint does not properly acknowledge the fund\u2019s size or allege facts adequate enough to plausibly demonstrate that the fees are unreasonable, especially considering the services that were provided. <\/p>\n

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BlackRock Inc. (BLK) wants a judge to dismiss a securities lawsuit accusing the money manager of charging exorbitant fees and breaching its fiduciary duties. Lawyers for the firm argued that the claims have no merit in the U.S. District Court in Trenton, New Jersey. The investor plaintiffs, including a Florida investment adviser who won the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3741],"tags":[2706,3446],"class_list":["post-5670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-securities-fraud","tag-blackrock","tag-sub-advisor-fees"],"yoast_head":"\nSecurities Lawsuit Against BlackRock Accuses Firm of Charging Excessive Sub-Advisor Fees — Investor Lawyers Blog — August 19, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BlackRock Inc. 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