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David Bario

David Bario

David Bario, based in New York, is a senior editor covering the business of law for ALM's global newsroom.

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June 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review

UBS, other banks allowed to appeal on MBS claims

A judge will allow an expedited appeal that could wipe out federal claims against banks that sold mortgage-backed securities before the credit crisis.

By David Bario

2 minute read

April 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

From Star Litigator To Just Plain Star

Defending a documentary filmmaker has unexpected side benefits.

By David Bario

3 minute read

May 02, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Eleventh Circuit Rules Context Is King, Revives SEC Suit Against Morgan Keegan

Reversing an earlier ruling, the appellate court rejected Morgan Keegan's arguments that the SEC hadn't identified any materially misleading statements by the investment firm in its case over $647 million in auction-rate securities-gone bad.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 09, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers in MBIA Case Spar Over Comments to the Media

In an unusual press release on Jan. 4, one of MBIA's key adversaries publicly aired a back-room spat that erupted last month between MBIA counsel Marc Kasowitz of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman and David Ichel of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, who represents Aurelius Capital Management.

By David Bario

3 minute read

July 25, 2012 | The Recorder

In Showdown With Apple, Jury to Hear Samsung Destroyed Evidence

By David Bario

3 minute read

December 02, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Skadden defeats class certification in tobacco MDL

By David Bario

3 minute read

July 03, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Schulte Roth Loses Bid to Wipe Out $20.6 Million Goldman Arbitration Award

Eighteen months after U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff set off alarm bells on Wall Street by concluding that Goldman Sachs must pay more than $20 million for clearing trades for a fraud-riddled hedge fund, an appellate panel has tepidly endorsed the ruling.

By David Bario

3 minute read

October 09, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Can't Get High Court Review for Chevron in Ecuador Case

Who can blame the Supreme Court for wanting no part of Chevron Corporation's multi-billion dollar slugfest over its predecessor's operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon? On Tuesday the high court steered clear of the toxic litigation over toxic sludge, refusing to review a ruling that limited Chevron's options for fighting an $18 billion judgment by an Ecuadorian court.

By David Bario

4 minute read

November 22, 2011 | Law.com

L.A. Judge Certifies Class in Gutted Countrywide Mortgage-Backed Securities Case

By David Bario

1 minute read