Attorneys Discuss Liability Insurance Coverage for Sandy Litigation December 21, 2012 By Jared Zola and Jeffrey L. Schulman Homeowners, businesses, and municipalities in the tri-state area continue to rebuild and rebound from Superstorm Sandy. Often, large-scale devastation and...
Facebook IPO Lawsuits Likely to Be Heard by New York Judge September 21, 2012 By Basil Katz Facebook Inc. and most of its adversaries in a raft of lawsuits over its $16 billion initial public offering can...
Focus of MF Global Probes Turns to Civil Cases; Insurance Dwindling September 13, 2012 By Alexandra Alper and Aruna Viswanatha Prosecutors investigating the collapse of failed commodities brokerage MF Global are close to wrapping up their criminal probe and are...
Goldman Execs Win Dismissal of Mortgage, TARP Lawsuit by Shareholders August 15, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing...
U.S. Judge Puts New Lawsuits Against Banks Over Libor on Hold August 9, 2012 By Basil Katz A federal judge on Wednesday suspended several new lawsuits that allege banks rigged key interest rates, saying she first needed...
Directors Cite Insurance Questions in Ouster of North Carolina’s Duke Energy CEO July 23, 2012 By Emery P. Dalesio A long-time Duke Energy Corp. director who led the surprise CEO ouster at the country’s largest electric company said Friday...
Shareholders Sue Diamond Foods Board Over Financial Problems June 28, 2012 The board of Diamond Foods Inc. failed to properly oversee the snack food company, damaging its reputation and costing it...
Judge Allows Investor Lawsuit Over Goldman CDO Conflicts June 22, 2012 By Jessica Dye A federal judge said on Thursday that shareholders can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of concealing...
Law Firms’ Insurers to Compensate Investors Hurt by Mortgage Crisis June 21, 2012 By Nate Raymond In a rare instance of law firms compensating investors burned in the mortgage meltdown, Greenberg Traurig and Quarles & Brady...
Ex-Partner Sues Dewey, Says Law Firm Was Ponzi Scheme June 14, 2012 By Nate Raymond A former partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf has sued a group of the law firm’s ex-leaders for fraud, saying they...