Jan Wolfe

February 05, 2014 | National Law Journal

The latest blockbuster settlement was announced late Tuesday, when Morgan Stanley revealed it would pay $1.25 billion for selling faulty mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

February 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The Ninth Circuit brought a likely end to an antitrust class action seeking to undo Southwest Airlines Co.'s 2011 acquisition of AirTran Airways Inc.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

February 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Both sides are claiming victory after a mixed verdict in the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against the Texan financial services firm Life Partners Holdings Inc. Can Patton Boggs and Baker & McKenzie persuade the judge to make it a clean defense win?

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

February 03, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The TV streaming start-ups Aereo Inc. and FilmOn have a lot in common, including the tiny antennas they use to transmit programming to subscribers. But when it comes to their record in the courts, FilmOn and its lawyers have some catching up to do.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

February 03, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The most high-profile lateral partner moves of 2013.

By Hillary Flynn, Tom Brennan, Chris Johnson and Jan Wolfe

7 minute read

February 01, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

You get the feeling that Apple Inc. and U.S. District Judge Denise Cote did not exchange holiday greeting cards last year.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

January 31, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A judge in New York largely approved a long-delayed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America and mortgage-backed securities investors, resolving in one fell swoop much of the bank's liability for its acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corp.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

January 31, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A New York appeals court has allowed a defunct Australian hedge fund, Basis Yield Alpha Fund, to proceed with a $1 billion fraud case against Goldman Sachs & Co. The ruling is a win for the small litigation boutique Lewis Baach, and a setback for Goldman's lawyers at Boies Schiller.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

January 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Even in the megalitigation over price-fixing in the LCD industry, Motorola's $3.5 billion case against Samsung and other LCD manufacturers was a biggie. Not so much anymore.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

January 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

On the same day, Gibson Dunn's Andrew Tulumello helped SAIC win two major rulings in lingering investor litigation related to a New York City kickbacks scandal.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read