New York.(JUST IN)

NEW YORK -- A shareholder class-action lawsuit has been filed against MaggieMoo's parent NEXCEN BRANDS INC. for alleged violations of securities laws in the company's $93.7 million acquisition of GREAT AMERICAN COOKIE CO., according to a statement from the plaintiffs' legal counsel. Radnor, Pa.-based SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER LLP asserts in the statement that NexCen had secured financing for the deal in part by agreeing to an accelerated-redemption provision that required NexCen to repay half of the amount it had borrowed by a particular date. When the …