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June 28, 2005
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Milberg Weiss -- No Clothes? The law firm claims its mission is to protect investors. Well, the U.S. Justice Department appears to have a less optimistic view of Milberg Weiss.   |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
D. M. Osborne |
Be Careful What You Wish For On the Road: Silicon Valley companies thought an act of Congress would solve their problems with Bill Lerach and his shareholder lawsuits. But reforms can work in quirky ways. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
Michael Orey |
Commentary: Do Shareholder Class Actions Make Sense? Not when they extract payments from innocent shareholders and let fraudsters off the hook. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010 |
Securities Lawsuits Down The number of federal securities class action law suits filed dropped sharply in 2009. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Suits Against Financial Firms Driving Litigation Activity In the first half of 2009 suits against financial services firms and foreign firms increased. |
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Investment Fraud Suit Brought By Brokers Blocked By The Supremes It might just have gotten harder to sue your firm and win money for bad research. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that investors who believe they were duped into holding stocks by a brokerage firm are precluded from filing large class-action lawsuits in state courts. |
ifeminists
June 30, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Lawyers Hit a Brick Wall in StoneRidge Supreme Court rules against trial attorneys' bid to sue third parties. |
Registered Rep.
January 19, 2006 |
Is Supreme Court Leaning Towards a Decision Against Broker? The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in connection with a suit by a former Merrill Lynch broker against the nation's largest brokerage firm, and the early reaction to the hearing is that this time Goliath won. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Judge Nixes Apple Option-Backdating Suit Apple may be closer to clearing charges stemming from its post-dating of stock options, following a federal judge's dismissal this week of a lawsuit against the company. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Bill Mann |
Foreign Threats to U.S. Profits Watch out if overseas courts decide to start targeting U.S. firms. For the first time, a U.S. tobacco company is facing a big lawsuit from overseas, as an Israeli health provider is seeking some $1.7 billion in damages. |
Entrepreneur
August 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
Action Sacked A new law aims to protect you from class-action suits. Under the new law, all class-action lawsuits with plaintiffs from more than one state will have to be filed in federal courts, which tend to be less sympathetic than state courts to these suits. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings. |
Salon.com
January 28, 2002
Michael Drummond |
Class-action warrior When corporations run amok and accountants are shredding documents, who ya gonna call? Try lawyer Bill Lerach... |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits A Supreme Court review of a massive gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart could usher in new rules regarding class actions. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2006
Michael Hickins |
One Down, One to Go For Cisco Cisco settled one shareholder lawsuit while another is still making its way through the system. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
Dynegy's First-Time Loser Jamie Olis is going to jail for a long time -- longer, in fact, than people who have done much worse. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Rich Smith |
Is ITT in Trouble? Plaintiffs' accusations are taking shape and that bodes very badly for ITT and its shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Lawyers Add Salton Wounds George Foreman grill maker hit with class action lawsuits. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2005
Bill Mann |
AIG: A Curious Incident Class action firms sue companies over nothing. Why haven't they sued AIG over a $60 billion something? |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Joan Urdang |
Return to Sender? Companies often fail to collect on class-action lawsuits. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Elizabeth D. Festa |
Industry Hit by Class Actions The subprime/liquidity crisis has led to 97 federal securities class action filings in 2008. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Rich Duprey |
PayPal Pays a Price The online service has settled a class action lawsuit, and its users have an opportunity to benefit. |
U.S. Banker
July 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Next for Top Court: Securities Fraud Whether banks that help public firms commit fraud are also liable soon will be a question before the Supreme Court. Its decision will affect litigants in the still-simmering Enron case. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Report: WorldCom Class-Action Accord Near Former directors said to settle a suit stemming from accounting fraud for a total of $54 million. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
Michael Orey |
How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2007
Rich Duprey |
SEC Backs Scheme Liability In an effort to deflect the criticism that it's too pro-business, the SEC has decided to back a theory that may ultimately prove to be a particularly shareholder-hostile action. |
Information Today
January 2007
George H. Pike |
Legal Update: Where the Lawsuits Are Updates on lengthy search-related lawsuits involving Google and Microsoft. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2005
Palmer & Hammel |
Legal Forum: Loss Causation Through the Dura Pharmaceuticals case, the Supreme Court finds that investors can't sue based on alleged price inflation alone. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
Lorraine Woellert |
Fractured Class Actions Opting out of class settlements in hopes of winning more money are growing headache for companies. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
Dual-Class Shares, Second-Class Investors There is a separate, non-traded class of stock that receives 10 votes for each common stock. This means that the non-traded stock shareholders, including the CEO, can dictate terms at the company far in excess of their financial stake. |
CFO
February 1, 2007
Kris Frieswick |
The Enemy Within Companies fear employee lawsuits more than any other legal threat. To prevent them, experts advise looking in the mirror. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2007
Rich Duprey |
When Sharks Attack What goes around, comes around. Milberg Weiss, pioneer of class action lawsuits, finds itself the target of one. The firm has been indicted on charges of paying kickbacks to clients for participating in its class action suits. |
CFO
August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Dismay on Pay Why say on pay won't be any easier the second time around. |
CFO
October 1, 2002 |
Legal Unease A good board member is hard to find... the high price of audit reform... Congress takes aim at deferred compensation... etc. |
CFO
December 1, 2004
Lori Calabro |
The Cost of Loyalty Even now, employees still invest their 401(k)s in company shares. And they still sue if the stock goes south. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Lawyers Circling Tween Brands With earnings badly missing management's guidance at its Limited*Too and Justice stores, youth retailer Tween Brands is suddenly the target of a flood of lawsuits by disgruntled shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
A Beautiful Fraud Bar-code reader and radio frequency identification system maker Symbol Technologies announced that it will pay $42 million in cash and $96 million in stock to settle investigations by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2004
Bill Mann |
AOL: Is Half a Billion Enough? Time Warner pays big to settle fraud charges against its problem child, AOL. As for the current management at Time Warner, they profess to want to conclude things with regulators so that they can once again tap the equity market for currency for acquisitions and other capital needs. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Merck Splits the Difference The pharmaceutical wins one, loses one in New Jersey Vioxx trials. Investors should expect to see more losses. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
Litigation A-Go-Go Lawsuits, investigations, and probes. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
David Henry |
The Long Arm Of Failure Lawyers are aggressively suing on behalf of bankrupt companies to recoup money paid to creditors. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Linda Sandler |
Big Banks with Big Legal Bills Mortgages, Madoff, and Lehman may add to the tab at JPMorgan. |
Registered Rep.
July 29, 2013
Steven Kolinsky |
How I Survived a High Profile Lawsuit Working with celebrities comes with benefits. But you need to fully understand the risks to your business and name if that relationship turns sour. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Eliot Cohen |
Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
A Royal Dutch Mess Royal Dutch re-re-categorizes oil reserves. Will it never end? |
