Search for: "Lead Class Counsel"
Results 121 - 140
of 4,827
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
15 Nov 2007, 4:01 am
Eventually, three separate motions were filed seeking appointment as lead plaintiff in the class action, including one by a “German Institutional Investor Group” that had lost more than $28 million - more than any other putative member of the class action. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 10:43 am
Class counsel may argue that “You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 5:29 am
But even if she could be all things to all people, the lead plaintiff has little authority to do much aside from appointing lead counsel. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 5:08 am
In early November 2007, lead counsel responsible for achieving a $3.2 billion settlement in the Tyco securities class action sought court approval for a $464 million fee award. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 10:12 am
The case, brought by co-lead class counsel David Balto, a Washington D.C. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 3:39 am
The W$J reports that, following Milberg Weiss ’s indictment for allegedly sharing legal fees with class-action clients, the firm has just been disqualified from serving as lead counsel in an antitrust class action. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 3:03 pm
The Chancellor agreed with Class Counsel and approved the entire plan of allocation. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 3:18 pm
On September 15, 2009, LEVITT & KAIZER and THE LAW OFFICES OF MAX WILD (interim lead counsel for the class) and THE PERRIN LAW FIRM (liaison counsel) filed an amended class action complaint seeking recovery on behalf of packaged ice consumers in 47 states and the District of Columbia. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 4:37 pm
., Fogel) erred by setting the deadline for class members to object to a settlement on a date before lead counsel had filed their fee motion.The district court certified a settlement class, preliminarily approved the settlement, and ordered notice to the class. [read post]
9 May 2013, 1:06 pm
In a class action, the court appoints the lead attorneys, and since most classes are enormous, the class lawyers don’t have to interact face to face with individuals who populate the class. [read post]
14 Feb 2024, 7:15 am
—Kaufman Dolowich LLP, a leading national law firm, announces the promotion of six attorneys to the firm’s partnership and three attorneys as of counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2024. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 6:54 am
In re Delhi Financial Group Shareholder Litigation, C.A. 7144-VCG (February 7, 2012) This decision teaches how to appy the so-called Hirt facts to select lead counsel in a class action. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 8:56 pm
Collusion After a review of the leading commentary by scholars as well as court decisions from around the country, the Special Counsel formulated the following definition: a collusive settlement in the context of stockholder deal litigation appears to involve, at its core, an explicit or implicit agreement between counsel for plaintiffs and counsel for defendants to require less consideration for the settling class in exchange for (1) exclusive dealings… [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 8:16 pm
In the Adelphia securities class action, a law firm that did not act as lead counsel in the case moved for a third (about $17 million) of the aggregate fee award. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 3:07 pm
A Baltimore law firm has been selected as co-lead class counsel in a lawsuit brought by former National Hockey League players accusing the league of not doing enough to protect players from concussions. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 8:32 pm
Pay To Play - In the context of securities litigation, "pay to play" is when lawyers compete to be selected as class counsel for public entities serving as lead plaintiffs in... [read post]
16 Oct 2012, 2:44 am
In a perfectly unremarkable development, it was appointed co-lead counsel of the consolidated class. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 2:06 am
During the course of this analysis, however, Professor Burch does look at the many conflicting loyalties that beset lead counsel in MDL litigation, conflicts that have parallels in class action litigation. [read post]
25 May 2017, 6:22 am
Because class action lawyers typically had a much greater interest in the class recovery than the named class representatives, plaintiffs lacked the incentive to monitor class counsel. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 2:24 pm
ATRS’s counsel in the lawsuit, and ultimately lead counsel in the class action, were three firm: Labaton Sucharow LLP; The Thornton Law Firm; and Lieff Cabraser Heiman & Bernstein LLP. [read post]
