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Skadden Knocks Out 'Double Derivative' Suits over Merrill CDO Deals
Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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The Second Circuit threw out two derivative suits over Merrill Lynch's role in the financial crisis on Tuesday, allowing Bank of America to dodge at least one strain of Merrill-related litigation without resorting to a costly settlement.

Plaintiffs Strike Out Again in BP Shareholder Litigation
Publication Date: 2013-01-18
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The Fifth Circuit killed off a shareholder derivative case against BP plc over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, extending a winning streak for Sullivan & Cromwell in investor litigation over the catastrophe.

December 12, 2006 |

In re: Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation

Class Certification Vacated in Key Cases in Litigation Over Internet, High-Tech Initial Public Offerings
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October 04, 2005 |

Billing, plaintiffs-appellants v. Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd., defendants-appellees

Stock Conspiracy Lawsuit Reinstated; Antitrust Laws Apply to Wall Street Manipulations
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March 18, 2013 |

Plaintiffs Counsel Defend Fee Request in Madoff-Related Settlement

Responding to criticism from the attorney general's office, lead plaintiffs counsel Barbara Hart of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart told Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon during a March 15 hearing that there was "no scandal here" and that the objections to the $42 million fee request were "personally offensive."
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December 05, 2012 |

Delaware Plaintiffs Urge Judge to Undo $20 Million BofA Directors' Deal

Bank of America kicked off a nasty turf war earlier this year when it agreed to pay $20 million to settle derivative claims related to the bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The proposed settlement, reached in federal court in New York, stands to wipe out a parallel case in Delaware Chancery Court brought by a different plaintiffs group. That isn't sitting well with the plaintiffs lawyers leading the Delaware litigation, who have one last shot at scuttling the deal before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York approves it.
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March 19, 2013 |

Plaintiffs counsel defend $42M fees sought in Madoff-related settlement

Plaintiffs attorneys passionately defended their $42 million request for legal fees for their role in reaching a settlement on behalf of investors in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities during a March 15 hearing in Manhattan federal court.
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Boies, S&C, Dechert Knock Out Barclays Investors' Suit over LIBOR
Publication Date: 2013-05-13
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Two months after a judge gutted sprawling antitrust litigation over alleged manipulation of global benchmark interest rates, shareholders have struck out in a related securities class action against Barclays plc.

Kirkland & Ellis Defending Facebook in Securities Suit
Publication Date: 2012-06-06
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Facebook general counsel Theodore Ullyot's former firm, Kirkland & Ellis, is getting some of the litigation work generated by company's IPO. San Francisco partner James Basile, head of the firm's litigation practice, filed a notice of appearance Tuesday in one of the four securities suits filed in the Northern District of California. Kirkland is the first firm to file an appearance in any of the suits filed in federal court.

HP Beats Back Derivative Suit Over Hurd Debacle
Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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Hewlett-Packard's decision to pay disgraced CEO Mark Hurd a rich severance package was covered by the business judgment rule, according to a ruling by Delaware vice-chancellor Donald Parsons Jr.

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