Sentences with phrase «shareholder class»

Lead defense counsel for company in shareholder class action for securities fraud under Rule 10b - 5 in federal court

Yesterday, NERA Economic Consulting released its 2008 Trends in Securities Class Actions, a report that is based on more than 15 years of NERA research on case filings and settlements in shareholder class actions.

He has served in a leadership role in numerous actions, yielding multi-million dollar recoveries for shareholder classes.

Brad represents public companies and auditors in the defense of shareholder class actions and derivative actions, both at trial and appeal.

I would have thought that shareholders of NC class A shares would receive only class A shares in HBB and class B shareholders class B shares, but this was not the case.

Acted as lead counsel for a pharmaceutical company in defending a securities fraud shareholder class action challenging the company's valuation of auction rate securities; obtained court approval of a classwide settlement of less than $ 2 million (including attorneys» fees and notice costs) in a case involving a single day, $ 600 million market drop.

How Insight Predict's Unique Capabilities Cut Review by Two Thirds In a major shareholder class action alleging violations of federal securities laws, the defendant's legal team was under a tight deadline to review a collection of mixed English and Spanish documents.

Lawyers in the Sino - Forest shareholder class action announced Monday a $ 117 - million settlement with Ernst & Young LLP on the same day the Ontario Securities Commissioned issued allegations against the auditor of breaching the Securities Act in relation to its work for the Canadian - listed forestry company.

An amended shareholder class - action lawsuit filed on March 16 against Avon, Cramb, and Jung alleges that the plaintiff found that Avon employees, in connection with obtaining the company's direct - selling license, paid to «schedule meetings between Jung and high - level Chinese government ministers; repeatedly treated Chinese licensing officials to «dinner and karaoke»; and paid Chinese government officials and other employees to attend some Avon press conferences.»

As long as stock exchanges allow dual shareholder classes, Google, Facebook and other Internet titans will probably never adopt a one - share, one - vote system.

It is widely anticipated that the number of class actions brought around the world will continue to grow, driven by the globalisation of litigation funders and the increasing appetite from funders and plaintiff law firms to develop new claims outside shareholder class actions.

The leave requirement was meant to keep shareholder class actions, previously rare in Canada, from rising to U.S. heights.

Facing well over $ 150 billion — yes, billion — in exposure from shareholder class actions arising from questionable investments and allegedly misleading analyst recommendations, Citi needed lawyers who could not only excel at what special counsel P.J. Mode calls «the nuts and bolts» of motions practice, courtroom arguments and trial work, but could also provide something extra: «a very mature, very developed strategic sense,» says Mode.

Many of its files will be familiar to regular readers of the national media, and include the $ 9 - billion Sino - Forest Corp. shareholder class action claim; an application against Rogers Communications Inc. and Chatr Wireless Inc. involving a constitutional challenge to the Competition Act; and a case concerning oil pollution in the Amazon in which the firm acted for Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

This e-newsletter recently reported that shareholders filed two potential shareholder class action lawsuits against Facebook (Pathan, No. 53760 / 12 and Dewhurst, No. 100 S of 2012) in Ontario and Saskatchewan for alleged collusion with bankers leading to investor losses.

Dr. Vanessa Wettner focuses on civil and capital market disputes, specifically shareholder class action litigation defense.

Rice v. Hamilton Oil Shareholder class action litigation challenging terms of acquisition of Volvo's interest in Hamilton Oil Company (Denver).

The ISS Securities Class Action Services Top 50 of 2017 included all U.S. federal and state, and Canadian shareholder class actions with cash and / or stock settlements that received final court approval last year.

The Walt Disney Company — Successfully defended The Walt Disney Company in multi-jurisdictional shareholder class action litigation arising out of Disney's $ 4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.

She concluded that although it's important to encourage experienced counsel to take on meritorious cases that are tough — especially because shareholder class actions are a newly developing area of law in Canada — in this case, the risks were not as great as counsel contended.

And when it comes to another type of shareholder class actions — securities fraud cases — a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision could drastically alter the landscape.

Mr. Allerhand has more than 30 years of experience in shareholder class actions, M&A litigation, SEC investigations, arbitrations, and busted deal litigations.

Represented a major fashion and apparel chain in defending a securities fraud shareholder class action challenging the company's inventory reserves and other issues; plaintiff dismissed claim without any settlement payment.

How Insight Predict's Unique Capabilities Cut Review by Two Thirds In a major shareholder class action alleging violations of federal securities laws, the defendant's legal team was under a tight deadline... >>

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

Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced it will fund a shareholder class action against former directors of collapsed miner Kagara, which went into administration in 2012.

Now, the scandal has prompted the departure of CEO Pierre Duhaime, shaved 25 % from the company's stock price this year, and spawned at least two shareholder class - action lawsuits.

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware, Garden City, New York, and San Francisco, California, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in numerous cases nationwide, including federal securities fraud actions, shareholder class actions, and shareholder derivative actions.

Mr. Porritt prosecutes securities class actions, shareholder class actions, derivative actions, and mergers and acquisitions litigations.

Murray Goulburn is also facing a shareholder class action run by Slater and Gordon in relation to its 2016 financial year profit forecast.

Eight new cases were filed in 2014, including the Wivenhoe dam case following the 2011 Queensland floods and a shareholder class action claiming Treasury Wine Estates breached its continuous disclosure obligations.

The AmLaw Litigation Daily (May 13, 2016 edition) and Los Angeles Business Journal (May 10, 2016 edition) both reported on the Kingoschu Family Partners, et al., v. Public Storage, et al., case in which the shareholder class action suit was defeated.

The case involves both U.S. and Canadian regulatory and criminal investigations and, as these things tend to go, shareholder class action litigation.

Weil successfully represented lululemon in a shareholder class action arising out of disclosures relating to product issues affecting lululemon's popular yoga pants, winning a motion to dismiss that was later affirmed by the Second Circuit.

Weil successfully represented the directors of Francesca's Holdings in a shareholder class action arising out of disclosures concerning future sales projections.

Weil represented the Company and its directors in shareholder class and derivative litigation arising out of disclosures concerning Aéropostale's inventory and sales levels, and earnings projections.

Griffin was lead counsel, with Peter Osborne and Shara Roy, for the defendant auditors of Sino - Forest Corp. in connection with a $ 9 - billion shareholder class action.

But, according to the Herald Sun, during the downturn rival law firms were «monitoring the chaos to decide whether there is a case for a shareholder class action against the company.»

The bulk is either mis - selling arguments or shareholder class actions for misleading the market.

And, because our clients are corporations that create value for their shareholders and their employees, Juridica does not invest in personal injury, product liability, mass tort or shareholder class action lawsuits.

Mr. Cochran practices securities and shareholder class action litigation, whistleblower litigation, and complex civil litigation.

There she was involved in all aspects of the firm's practice, including securities fraud, shareholder class and derivative actions and antitrust litigation.

He also regularly represents companies and individuals in shareholder class - action and derivative litigations.

Benjamin Britz advises clients on all aspects of corporate governance including government investigations, shareholder class action and derivative litigation, and corporate compliance matters.

American International Group — Representation of AIG in all regulatory and congressional investigations and shareholder class and derivative litigations arising from the 2008 financial crisis.

In successfully defending a substantial multiparty funded shareholder class action arising out of the merger between Oxiana and Zinifex and involving allegations of contraventions of Australian securities laws (and having also successfully defended OZ Minerals in two previous litigation funded shareholder class actions)

Serving as lead counsel for AIG in shareholder class and derivative litigations arising from the 2008 financial crisis.

Obtained dismissal of shareholder class and derivative actions.

The shareholder class argues that the financial decisions that the defendants (as «affiliates») made respecting their dealings with Birch Mountain actually amounted to «conducting the business of Birch Mountain», not conducting the defendants» own business.