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Before the major copyright infringement class action against YouTube was filed in New York federal court two years ago, Robert Tur, a helicopter journalist, had initiated his own suit against the video-sharing site in the Central District of California. On Tuesday, against the protests of YouTube, the Ninth Circuit allowed Tur to transfer his suit to New York and join the class action.
It didn't take long for News Corp. and its independent directors to round up some of the top white-collar, internal investigations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act lawyers in the country.
Wall Street critics were pleased to see JPMorgan admit that a breakdown in controls and leadership caused the losses, but the SEC still came under fire over fine print in the admissions and for letting high-ranking execs off the hook.
We've long known that securities class actions have gone global. But a new report by the RiskMetrics Group, which can be accessed here (subscription required), attempts to quantify just how much. For example, from 1996 through 2007, it counts 234 times that an international institutional investor has sought to be named lead plaintiff. The study also notes that in every year since 2002, international investors have filed motions to become lead plaintiff in more then 5 percent of all new federal securities class actions.
The W&C partner and "lawyer's lawyer" won a Second Circuit ruling for Mayer Brown that confers broad protection for law firms named in securities fraud suits.
New Waste Management GC Inherits Shareholder Suits
When Lawrence O'Donnell III moved into the general counsel office at Houston's Waste Management Inc., he inherited a company with a struggling stock price, an accumulation of shareholder suits alleging insider trading and some serious fraud litigation. That's not to mention an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and an in-house probe led by a board member who used to head the SEC. O'Donnell says he took the job because of the challenges. "I see it all as an opportunity."We're beginning to reap the consequences of the sweeping Lehman examiner's report. Plaintiffs in a long-pending securities class action have now filed an amended complaint that adds allegations about Lehman's now-infamous Repo 105 balance sheet asset transfers--and adds Lehman's auditor, Ernst & Young, as a defendant.
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