David Bario

October 20, 2011 | Law.com

By David Bario

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September 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Delaware Supreme Court refused to reconsider whether Grupo Mexico must pay a record-breaking fee award to plaintiffs lawyers in the Southern Peru litigation, dodging an opportunity to establish stricter controls on attorney fees in derivative cases involving humongous damages.

By David Bario

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March 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund has already lost twice in its case against Citigroup over a massive 2007 investment deal gone sour. But with more than $4 billion on the line in the dispute, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is taking its fight to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By David Bario, Jan Wolfe

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September 10, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In a unanimous 38-page opinion, the circuit ruled on Sept. 6 that investors can assert class claims that they were duped by misleading claims on offerings in which they didn't purchase certificates, as long as the offerings were backed by loans from the same set of originators as the certificates in which the plaintiffs actually invested.

By David Bario

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January 02, 2012 | Law.com

By David Bario

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July 22, 2011 | Law.com

On Wednesday, the day after the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear a key R.J. Reynolds appeal of a $28 million tobacco verdict, one of its lawyers at Jones Day said the company plans to file a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By David Bario

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July 03, 2012 | Law.com

By David Bario

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September 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Thanks to a battle between Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent over red-soled shoes, the Second Circuit has added a touch of high fashion to decades of appellate jurisprudence on single-color trademarks that was previously confined to products like home insulation.

By David Bario

3 minute read

December 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

For those interested in how judges weigh settlements with regulators, the Federal Trade Commission's case against online marketer Circa Direct was a gift that kept on giving. For Circa Direct's lawyers at Venable, who saw the case as a quickie assignment, it was anything but.

By David Bario

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April 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By convincing the Second Circuit to hear AIG's appeal of a judge's refusal to remand its case against Bank of America to state court, Quinn Emanuel may have sparked a jurisdictional battle that could play out two coasts--with huge implications for both sides.

By David Bario

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