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September 01, 2010 |

Former Class Action Lawyer Promises to Be an 'Agent of Change'

This week, the Law Journal takes an in-depth look at the personalities and platforms of the five Democrats running for attorney general, today concentrating on Sean Coffey. In a new feature on NYLJ.com, videos of the Law Journal's interviews with the candidates appear below.
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January 11, 2012 |

Laster Creates Formula for Attorney Fees in Shareholder Suits With No Monetary Reward

In a December decision, Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster crafted a formula for evaluating attorney fees in shareholder suits where the plaintiffs successfully challenge a transaction's deal protection measures but receive no monetary reward.
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E&Y and PwC Can't Cite Fait to Dodge Securities Claims
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
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The auditors hoped to use to the Second Circuit's 2011 decision in Fait v. Regions Financial to escape securities claims related to the bankrupt oil shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group. A judge in New York wasn't having it.

September 26, 2005 |

2005 Ineligible List

Notice to the bar.
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Litwin v. The Blackstone Group, L.P., 09-4426-cv
Publication Date: 2011-02-15
Practice Area: Business Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Straub, C.JJ.
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For plaintiff: David A.P. Brower, Brower Piven, PC, New York, NY (Caitlin M. Moyna, Brower Piven, PC, and Samuel H. Rudman, David A. Rosenfeld, and Mark M. Millkey, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
For defendant: Bruce D. Angiolillo, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Jonathan K. Youngwood, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.
Case number: 09-4426-cv

Cite as: Litwin v. The Blackstone Group, L.P., 09-4426-cv, NYLJ 1202481597161, at *1 (2nd Cir., Decided February 10, 2011)Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Straub, C

In re Gildan Activewear Inc., 08 Civ. 5048
Publication Date: 2010-09-23
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Harold Baer
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Case number: 08 Civ. 5048

Cite as: In re Gildan Activewear Inc., 08 Civ. 5048, NYLJ 1202472366534, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 20, 2010)District Judge Harold Baerp class="decided

Carlyle Groups Attempts To Ban Shareholder Class Actions, According to IPO Documents
Publication Date: 2012-01-18
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It's not clear how the Supreme Court's landmark Concepcion arbitration ruling might apply to shareholder litigation. The Carlyle Group and its lawyers at Simpson Thacher are ready to test whether a public company can ban shareholder class actions.

Judge Appoints Interim Class Counsel in Trillion-Dollar Libor Class Action Litigation
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
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Class action litigation is beginning to take shape over allegations that major banks manipulated Libor, the benchmark rate used to calculate interest on trillions of dollars in securities globally. On Monday the federal district court judge hearing the litigation consolidated 20 class complaints, and appointed interim class counsel.

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