David Bario

November 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

After an eight-year odyssey through the California courts, San Francisco antitrust lawyer Joseph Alioto may have finally reached the end of the line in a sprawling price-fixing case against Big Pharma.

By David Bario

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July 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

UBS AG will pay the Federal Housing Finance Agency a hefty $885 million for allegedly conning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into buying more than $5 billion in dubious residential mortgage-backed securities.

By David Bario

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July 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Philadelphia federal judge overseeing multidistrict antitrust litigation over alleged price-fixing in the egg and egg products market has issued an order on a 15-month-old motion for $7.5 million in fees filed by co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs.

By David Bario

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April 03, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The class certified by Southern District Judge Laura Taylor Swain consists of investors who acquired shares in Pfizer between Oct. 31, 2000, and Oct. 19, 2005, when the company disclosed findings on the drugs Celebrex and Bextra affecting the stock price.

By Brendan Pierson, David Bario

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February 14, 2013 | Law.com

By David Bario

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June 28, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Although the Supreme Court has found that pharmaceutical sales reps in a parallel case against GlaxoSmithKline aren't entitled to overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, Novartis has said the ruling "will not affect" its $99 million settlement.

By David Bario

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May 21, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Little more than one month after eviscerating a $774 million suit filed by Dexia S.A. against JPMorgan Chase, Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff has resurrected the case following a Second Circuit ruling on the Edge Act.

By David Bario

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March 25, 2013 | New York Law Journal

With Facebook's motion to dismiss still pending and Paul Ceglia facing criminal charges over his alleged fraud, the court has apparently had enough. On March 20, Western District Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo denied a motion by long-time Ceglia counsel Dean Boland to withdraw, ruling that the personal reasons Boland cited in his request didn't cut it.

By David Bario

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February 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Shareholder M&A litigation is keeping a lot of lawyers awfully busy these days, especially in Delaware. But plaintiffs lawyers looking for guidance on a key provision of Delaware law related to such cases were turned away by the state's highest court this week, leaving them on the sidelines of derivative litigation over a $9 billion deal involving Freeport-McMoRan.

By David Bario

3 minute read

July 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Philadelphia federal judge overseeing natiowide litigation over alleged egg price-fixing has a penchant for cracking chicken jokes in her rulings on the case. But when it comes to the issue of attorney fees for class counsel, the judge isn't fooling around.

By David Bario

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