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February 20, 2008 |

Backdating cases head to settlement

A significant portion of the stock-options backdating cases have reached preliminary settlements in recent months, with plaintiffs' firms Labaton Sucharow and Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman Robbins serving as lead counsel in some of the most noteworthy agreements. Of those made public, few settlements have reached proportions that lawyers anticipated at the start of the backdating scandal.
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In BofA Securities Class Action, Plaintiffs File Consolidated Complaint Detailing Deficiencies in Merrill Merger Disclosures
Publication Date: 2009-09-28
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Can an ad hoc coalition of pension funds prove that BofA's alleged failures to disclose material information about Merrill bonuses and deteriorating financial condition impacted the market? Plaintiffs lawyers from Bernstein Litowitz, Kaplan Fox, and Barroway Topaz give it a shot in a new 155-page complaint.

Dutch Treat? With Doors to U.S. Courts Closed by Morrison, Securities Class Action Lawyers Sue Fortis in Holland
Publication Date: 2011-01-10
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You have to love the unending pluck and resourcefulness of American plaintiffs lawyers. With the Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. NAB blocking most U.S. securities suits against foreign issuers, Grant & Eisenhofer and Barroway Topaz are making use of a Dutch law that permits foundations to sue on behalf of investors.

In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)
Publication Date: 2011-04-07
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
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For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
For defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.
Case number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)
Publication Date: 2011-04-07
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
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For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
For defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.
Case number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

June 04, 2007 |

$3 Million Verdict Tossed in Hormone Therapy Case

Philadelphia's juries seem to be persuaded by the arguments presented by hormone therapy litigation plaintiffs in their products liability actions against a locally based pharmaceuticals giant, but the city's judges don't. A ruling Wednesday by a judge granting the defense judgment NOV in Nelson v. Wyeth means that the first hormone therapy case to reach trial in the city's Complex Litigation Center has effectively ended with a Wyeth victory despite a sizable jury award in favor of the plaintiffs.
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November 23, 2009 |

Top Verdicts

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February 04, 2010 |

Shareholder Suits Fly as Deals Flourish

Securities defense lawyers at large law firms have noticed an uptick in shareholder lawsuits over mergers and acquisitions, even those worth under $100 million, a reflection of both increased deal activity and eroded share values that have lowered sale prices. Says Kevin Muck, head of securities litigation at Fenwick & West, "It's a sign of the economy improving. As more companies do deals, these lawsuits follow, inevitably."
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