March 23, 2011 | Daily Report Online
Arkansas rice farm co-op wins $136M against Bayer over genetically modified riceIt's been almost six years since the U.S. Department of Agriculture first reported that genetically modified rice developed by Bayer CropScience had contaminated U.S. rice supplies, cutting off American rice famers and millers from European markets. Bayer and its lawyers at Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar Scott have struggled mightily ever since to limit Bayer's liabilitybut they haven't had a whole lot of success.
By David Bario
3 minute read
October 12, 2011 | Law.com
Goodwin Procter Knocks Out Massive Class of Subprime Borrowers in Case Against Countrywide and Bank of AmericaBy David Bario
1 minute read
November 17, 2011 | Law.com
With Lots of Help from Dukes, Seyfarth Shaw Nixes Class in ERISA Suit Against MotorolaBy David Bario
1 minute read
May 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Judge Revives $774 Million Securities Case Against JPMorganFor the lawyers at Cravath fighting Dexia SA's mortgage-backed securities lawsuit against JPMorgan, Jed Rakoff giveth, and Rakoff taketh away.
By David Bario
3 minute read
February 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Vivendi Foreign Shareholders' Claims Bounced; $9.3 Billion Jury Verdict Will Be Drastically ReducedThe only f-cubed shareholder class action to reach a jury verdict has fallen in the swath of destruction wreaked by Morrison v. NAB. Vivendi didn't get the jury verdict tossed entirely, but defense counsel from Cravath predict a 90 percent cut.
By David Bario
3 minute read
January 10, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Lawyers spar over comments to the mediaIn an unusual press release one of bond insurer MBIA's key adversaries publicly aired a back-room spat between MBIA counsel Marc Kasowitz and the lawyer who represents Aurelius Capital Management.
By David Bario
3 minute read
May 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer
S&C's Giuffra Takes on MBIA Restructuring as 'Not-Trial Trial' Gets UnderwayJustice Barbara Kapnick may have refused to allow a full-blown bench trial on claims that New York's insurance department let MBIA pull a fast one on its structured finance policyholders, but Bank of America and Soci�t� G�n�rale tried to make the most of opening arguments in Manhattan state court on Tuesday.
By David Bario
3 minute read
April 05, 2013 | Law.com
Delaware High Court Nixes Shareholder Suit over Botox MarketingBy Michael Riccardi and David Bario
1 minute read
June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Linklaters, Cahill Gordon Knock Out N.Y. Suit Against Barclays and S&P over Failed SIVsNew York's highest court ruled Wednesday that a French asset management company that lost $43 million in the collapse of two subprime-mortgage-packed investment vehicles can't try to recover its losses from Barclays and Standard & Poor's.
By David Bario
2 minute read
May 10, 2012 | Law.com
Banks Fight Class Claims, Take On Bernstein Liebhard in Ohio MERS CaseBy David Bario
1 minute read
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