Sentences with phrase «shareholder class actions»

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 to review a collection of mixed English and Spanish documents.

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... >>

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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

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

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)

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

Weil successfully represented Francesca's Holdings Corp. — a former portfolio company of CCMP that operates retail clothing stores in the United States — and its directors and officers in a shareholder class action arising out of disclosures concerning future sales and revenue projections, including section 11 claims brought in connection with three offerings during the alleged class period.

We also provide advice on the governance issues relating to pension schemes» participation in shareholder class actions both in the UK and abroad, including tailored protocols and guidance notes.