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19 Jul 2011, 10:43 am by Ted Frank
The CCAF objection also targets Judge Harold Baer's class certification order. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 6:30 am by Ted Frank
District Judge Harold Baer, in the Southern District of New York, had issued twenty-four individual non-monetary sanctions against attorney Kristan Peters (registered in Connecticut as "Kristan Peters-Hamlin") for, inter alia:the use of deposition transcripts in a second case in violation of an existing Confidentiality Order; "knowingly, intentionally, and in bad faith disclos[ing] confidential material to her client"; scheduling a deposition, and then failing… [read post]
24 May 2011, 6:48 am by William A. Ruskin
  Judge Harold Baer, Jr., who sits on the SDNY bench, has the courage of his convictions to do right even when others disagree. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 8:52 am by Ron Coleman
Republished by Blog Post PromoterJudge Harold Baer of the U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 3:17 am by Kevin LaCroix
  In a September 22, 2009 order (here), Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer, Jr. granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss, holding that the alleged misrepresentations or omissions regarding FGIC and Freescale were neither quantitatively nor qualitatively material, and further holding that the alleged misrepresentations regarding Blackstone’s real estate investments were insufficient because the plaintiffs’ allegations failed to specify how the… [read post]
On December 30, 2010, Judge Harold Baer, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion dismissing with prejudice six complaints seeking more than $2.5 billion in damages against Porsche Automobil Holding SE (“Porsche”) and two of its former executives. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 12:28 am by Kevin LaCroix
In a January 12, 2010 opinion (here) in a subprime-related securities suit involving Goldman Sachs-issued mortgage pass-through certificates, Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer, Jr. granted the rating agency defendants’ motion to dismiss on the grounds that they are not "underwriters" under Section 11, but denied the Goldman Sachs defendants’ motion to dismiss, at least as to the securities offerings in which the plaintiffs had actually purchased… [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 1:12 am by Kevin LaCroix
National Australia Bank may restrict Section 10(b) claims involving foreign companies, on December 30, 2010, Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer held that U.S. [read post]
30 Oct 2010, 10:20 pm by Franco Tarulli
Last month, United States Federal Judge Harold Baer Jr. generated renewed debate about law firm diversity when, in the course of a motion to approve a class action settlement, he ordered the two plaintiff firms to “make every effort” to appoint one female and one minority lawyer to the case. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 8:45 am by Nathan Koppel
Federal judge Harold Baer Jr. has reiterated his request that law firms that appear before him staff their cases with a diverse team of lawyers. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 5:35 pm by charlesgriffin
District Judge Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York issued an Order in a securities class action case which required that:   Co-Lead counsel, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP, shall make every effort to assign to this matter at least one minority lawyer and one woman lawyer with requisite experience. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 1:42 pm by Larry Ribstein
  Judge Harold Baer recently issued an order (see American Lawyer and ATL) that two firms serving as lead counsel in a securities class action “make every effort” to staff the case with at least one minority and one woman. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 5:13 pm by David Lat
Now federal judges hand down orders mandating, or at least encouraging, race-based discrimination.As reported in the American Lawyer, earlier this week Judge Harold Baer (S.D.N.Y.) issued an unusual order. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 12:38 pm
District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. ordered two firms serving as co-lead counsel in a securities class action to "make every effort" to assign at least one minority and one woman to the case. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 12:20 pm by OBABL Staff
District Court Judge Harold Baer ordered two firms serving as co-lead counsel in a securities class action against Gildan Activewear – Labaton Sucharow andRobbins Geller Rudman & Dowd — to “make every effort” to assign at least one minority and one woman to the case. [read post]