On September 23, Justice Marcy S. Friedman of the New York Supreme Court for New York County denied CIFG’s motion to amend its complaint against J.P. Morgan in a case the Court previously dismissed in June.  CIFG had originally brought suit claiming two causes of action against J.P. Morgan: 1) that J.P. Morgan had made material misrepresentations to induce CIFG to issue insurance on credit default swaps guaranteeing two collateralized debt obligations, and 2) for common-law fraud.  In its June dismissal order, the Court dismissed the first cause of action but allowed CIFG to attempt to replead its fraud claim.  CIFG’s proposed amended complaint included two causes of action, the first of which the Court held was identical in all material respects to the previously dismissed first cause of action.  As to the proposed second cause of action for common law fraud, the Court noted that while CIFG had added additional allegations to attempt plead the action with particularly, it had failed to address whether a common law fraud claim could be maintained based on alleged misrepresentations made by non-insured Bear Stearns about the collateral underlying the CDOs.  The Court granted CIFG leave to amend to attempt to cure this issue.  Order.