David Bario

January 30, 2015 | Litigation Daily

Meanwhile, new lawsuits on behalf of unpaid interns just keep coming.

By David Bario

2 minute read

January 29, 2015 | The American Lawyer

U.S. v. Newman and Chiasson; In Re Forex Benchmark Rates and Antitrust Litigation; Harris Country v. International Paper; In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities; SimpleAir v. Google

By David Bario, Scott Flaherty and Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

January 29, 2015 | The American Lawyer

U.S. v. Newman and Chiasson; In Re Forex Benchmark Rates and Antitrust Litigation; Harris Country v. International Paper; In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities; SimpleAir v. Google

By David Bario, Scott Flaherty and Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

January 22, 2015 | Litigation Daily

The asbestos plaintiffs firm Weitz & Luxenberg told federal investigators that it hired New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in order to grow the firm's "prestige," not to gain client referrals. But things didn't exactly turn out that way.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 22, 2015 | Litigation Daily

The asbestos plaintiffs firm Weitz & Luxenberg told federal investigators that it hired New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in order to grow the firm's "prestige," not to gain client referrals. But things didn't exactly turn out that way.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 19, 2015 | Litigation Daily

A quartet of lawsuits challenging the SEC's in-house enforcement actions became a quintet on Friday, signaling that it may take a federal appeals court—and perhaps even the U.S. Supreme Court—to decide once and for all whether the agency's administrative proceedings pass muster.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 19, 2015 | Litigation Daily

A quartet of lawsuits challenging the SEC's in-house enforcement actions became a quintet on Friday, signaling that it may take a federal appeals court—and perhaps even the U.S. Supreme Court—to decide once and for all whether the agency's administrative proceedings pass muster.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 11, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has bowed out of another mortgage-backed securities lawsuit, agreeing to pay about $500 million to resolve class action claims stemming from Bear Stearns' sale of nearly $17.6 billion of the investments in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 11, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has bowed out of another mortgage-backed securities lawsuit, agreeing to pay about $500 million to resolve class action claims stemming from Bear Stearns' sale of nearly $17.6 billion of the investments in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis.

By David Bario

3 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Litigation Daily

The bank agreed to pay about $500 million to resolve class action claims stemming from Bear Stearns' sale of nearly $17.6 billion of the securities prior to the 2008 financial crisis.

By David Bario

2 minute read