The RBS rights issue litigation, the Lloyds
Bank shareholder action, the claim by Tesco shareholders in connection with its overstated accounts, the Volkswagen emissions scandal, and the Morrisons data breach claim, all demonstrate the ability of the GLO process to permit claimants to seek recovery for losses which would perhaps previously have been written off.
Not exact matches
On January 19th, 2016, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class
action settlement on behalf of JPMC
shareholders who alleged suffering losses as a result of the
bank's supplying false and misleading statements concerning the risks and losses arising from the secret proprietary trading activities of the «London Whale,» a rogue London - based JPMC trader who caused the
bank to suffer $ 6.2 billion in losses.
KeyCorp isn't worried that class -
action shareholder lawsuits challenging the
bank's acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group will derail its plans.
They began communicating with ACLS in November of that year, «[encouraging] management and the board of directors to move forward on several
actions designed to enhance
shareholder value» including «[hiring] an investment
banking firm to solicit interest for a minority, majority, or strategic investment in [ACLS].»
In a recent decision of the BC Supreme Court the court dealt with the interesting issue of
banked action time,
banked sick time and
shareholders loans amongst other family property.
Our work includes directors» duties (as they arise both in claims for their breach and in disqualification
actions),
shareholder disputes, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reconstructions, loan capital and
banking securities, schemes of arrangement and reductions of capital, and insurance schemes.
2015 saw the total value of claims funded by Therium break the $ 5 billion mark with litigation and arbitration cases in the UK, Europe, Asia - Pacific and in the Americas, including high profile cases such as the
shareholder group
action against Lloyds
Banking Group over the acquisition of HBOS at the peak of the financial crisis.
Banking and financial markets cases / Securities and
shareholder disputes / International arbitration / Professional negligence / Competition and anti-trust / Trust litigation / Intellectual property / Insolvency / Insurance / Tax / Group and class
actions / General commercial disputes / Fraud / Shipping and international trade / Enforcement of judgments and awards
Obtained the complete dismissal on summary judgment for the directors of the nation's largest Korean - American
bank in a
shareholder derivative
action.
These matters run the gamut of securities and commodities claims, including suitability, churning, misrepresentation and sales practices claims, cases alleging research and investment
banking conflicts of interest, margin liquidations, incentive stock option exercises,
shareholder derivative class
action claims, customer solicitation claims, unfair business practices litigation, and audit and compliance advisory work.
Defended a
bank:
shareholder derivative
action alleged breach of fiduciary duty to a subsidiary by stopping an IPO and accelerating loan repayment.
His firm is known for its work in class
actions relating to consumer issues,
banking and shares: for example, it represented 32,000 convenience store owners in a successful challenge against the Office of Fair Trading, and 36,000 private
shareholders in Northern Rock following the 2008 global financial meltdown.
Obtained dismissal of US securities
shareholder class
action brought against the UK's largest retail
bank regarding alleged fraud in connection with acquisition of HBOS during 2008 financial crisis
Acting for a major European
bank in an
action against a Swiss company and
shareholders of related - entities to recover $ 30 million siphoned out of a Ukrainian corporate group.