Shareholder Failed To State Claims In Say-On-Pay Suit, Federal Judge Rules
CHICAGO - A company's board of directors did not breach its fiduciary duty by failing to disclose certain information under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prior to...
View ArticleDismissal Of SEC Suit Under Dodd-Frank Act Not Proper, Federal Judge Rules
NEW YORK - Dismissal of a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action is not proper on the basis that the SEC failed to comply with a Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
View ArticleJudge Certifies Class In Smith Barney Transfer Agent Securities Suit
NEW YORK - A lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit against two affiliates of Citigroup Asset Management (CAM) and others have met all statutory requirements for class certification, a...
View ArticleJudge Certifies Class In Securities Class Action Suit Against Sanofi Aventis
NEW YORK - In an opinion made available on March 21, a federal judge in New York certified a class of investors in a securities class action lawsuit, but ruled that one of the lead plaintiffs in the...
View ArticleCitigroup, Others To Pay $730M To Settle Federal Securities Law Claims
NEW YORK - Shareholders and Citigroup Inc. and other defendants in a securities class action lawsuit alleging that the defendants misrepresented the investment quality of stock offerings in violation...
View ArticleAIG: 2nd Circuit Should Affirm Dismissal Of Derivative Suit
Case: Starr International Co. Inc., individually and derivatively on behalf of American International Group Inc. v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, et al., No. 12-5022, 2nd Cir.; See March 2013, Page...
View ArticleBanks Ask 2nd Circuit To Overturn Discovery Rulings In FHFA Suits
Case: In Re: FHFA Coordinated Securities Litigation, No. 13-1122, 2nd Cir....(read more)
View ArticleTyco Wants 3rd Circuit To Rehear Whistle-Blower Suit
Case: Jeffrey Wiest, et al. v. Thomas Lynch, et al., No. 11-4257, 3rd Cir.; See May 2012, Page 47....(read more)
View ArticleAllscripts Moves For Dismissal Of 'Illogical' Fraud Class Action
Case: Bristol County Retirement System v. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., et al., No. 12-03297, N.D. Ill.; See May 2012, Page 58....(read more)
View ArticleUBS Says Amended Fraud Complaint Adds Nothing Meaningful
Case: C.D.T.S. No. 1 and A.T.U. Local 1321 Pension Plan v. UBS AG, et al., No. 12-4924, S.D. N.Y.; See January 2013, Page 41....(read more)
View ArticleU.S. Bank, Chase Responsible For Peregrine Fraud, Plaintiffs Argue
Case: In re Peregrine Financial Group Customer Litigation, No. 12-5546, N.D. Ill.; See March 2013, Page 42....(read more)
View ArticleShareholder Moves To Halt Focus Media's 'Inadequate' Sale
Case: Iron Workers Mid-South Pension Fund v. Focus Media Holding Ltd., et al., No. 13-0827, N.D. Calif....(read more)
View ArticleInvestors Say RMBS Claims Against Bear Stearns Should Not Be Dismissed
Case: National Credit Union Administration Board v. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., et al., No. 12-2781, D. Kan.; See March 2013, Page 43....(read more)
View ArticleHedge Fund Operator Says Ban Would Be 'Excessively Harsh'
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Patrick G. Rooney, et al., No. 11-8264, N.D. Ill....(read more)
View ArticleFormer Goldman VP Wants Phone Call Excluded From SEC Case
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Fabrice Tourre, No. 10-3229, S.D. N.Y.; See November 2012, Page 30....(read more)
View ArticlePfizer Argues For Dismissal Of Class Action
Case: Security Police and Fire Professionals of America Retirement Fund v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., No. 10-3105, D. N.J.; See March 2013, Page 46....(read more)
View ArticleShareholders Urge Retention Of Chevron, FedEx Forum Bylaws
Case: Boilermakers Local 154 Retirement Fund, et al. v. Chevron Corp., et al., No. 7220, Del. Chanc.; See May 2012, Page 57....(read more)
View ArticleShareholder Wants Money Back From 'Unauthorized' Central Bancorp Stock
Case: Edward Roush Jr., Trustee For The Rush Family Trust v. Central Bancorp Inc., et al., No. DC-12-05552, 191st Judicial Dist., Dallas County, Texas....(read more)
View ArticleBerry Petroleum Shareholder Sues To Block Sale
Case: Nancy P. Assad Trust v. Berry Petroleum Co., et al., No. 13-0544, D. Colo....(read more)
View ArticleInvestor Files Class Action Over Energy Company's Terminated Sale
Case: John Phillips v. Harvest Natural Resource, et al., No. 13-0801, S.D. Texas....(read more)
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