David Bario

October 14, 2014 | Law.com

Last week ended on a decidedly sour note for Amkor Technology, a contract chip assembler that's been locked in endless litigation with semiconductor IP company Tessera Technologies. But the news was all good for Tessera and its lawyers at Irell & Manella.

By David Bario

3 minute read

October 09, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Thanks to an earlier decision by the Second Circuit that lowered the requirements for asserting whistleblower claims under Sarbanes-Oxley, JPMorgan Chase must again face allegations that it fired a former vice president for raising suspicions about a favored client.

By David Bario

2 minute read

September 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Lawyers and career criminals aside, most Americans couldn't come up with the name of a single active trial court judge in their own country. But plenty of folks in Argentina and Ecuador have heard of U.S. District Judges Thomas Griesa and Lewis Kaplan.

By David Bario

3 minute read

September 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Lawyers and career criminals aside, most Americans couldn't come up with the name of a single trial court judge in their own country. But plenty of folks in Argentina and Ecuador have heard of U.S. District Judges Thomas Griesa and Lewis Kaplan.

By David Bario

3 minute read

September 25, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Arab Bank may someday reverse a jury's verdict that it's liable for facilitating acts of terror. But for now the victims' lawyers are relishing a long-awaited victory.

By David Bario

5 minute read

September 15, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Thanks to a dustup with an erstwhile client and unfavorable rulings by two New York judges, an intern's case against CBS is dead on arrival, and cases against Warner Music Group and Viacom are destined never to go before a jury.

By David Bario

4 minute read

September 08, 2014 | Law.com

After seven years of litigation, the white flags are waving in a once massive antitrust class action accusing top private equity firms of scheming to drive down the value of leveraged buyout deals.

By David Bario

2 minute read

September 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Institutional investors represented by Quinn Emanuel and Pearson, Simon & Warshaw cleared a major hurdle on Thursday, when a judge refused to toss most of a multibillion-dollar class action targeting top international investment banks.

By David Bario

3 minute read

September 03, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Armed with lawyers from Boies, Schiller & Flexner and O'Melveny & Myers, Goldman Sachs scored back-to-back victories on Wednesday against former employes who burned their bridges with the investment banking behemoth in spectacular ways.

By David Bario

3 minute read

August 20, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Barely 24 hours after hearing oral arguments, a federal appellate panel refused Wednesday to revive claims that plaintiffs lawyers deserve $6 million in fees for supposedly helping to oust former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and another Citi exec two years ago.

By David Bario

3 minute read