According to Popular, Inc.’s January 27, 2011 press release (here), the Puerto Rican bank holding company has reached an agreement in principle to settle the subprime related securities lawsuit pending against the company, as well as in the related ERISA lawsuit. The securities suit has settled for $37.5 million, and the ERISA suit
Interview with Max Berger of Bernstein Litowitz on Current Securities Litigation Trends
In recent days, I have published a series of posts with analysis of and commentary on recent trends in securities class action litigation. As part of this continuing series of posts, I thought it would be useful to include commentary from the plaintiffs’ perspective. With that in mind, I reached out to Max Berger at
Interview with Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest About the State of Securities Class Action Litigation
Every year, the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, in conjunction with Cornerstone Research, releases its annual overview of securities class action lawsuit flings. As I noted in a post last week, this year’s version introduced a number of innovations and reflected a host in interesting observations. (The full 2010 Stanford/Cornerstone report
Bear Stearns Subprime-Related Securities Suit Dismissal Denied
In a gigantic 398-page opinion dated January 19, 2011, Southern District of New York Judge Robert Sweet has denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the securities class action lawsuit filed in connection with the collapse of Bear Stearns. He did however grant defendants’ motions to dismiss the related shareholders’ derivative lawsuit and ERISA class
First Circuit Affirms in Part, Reverses in Part Nomura Subprime Securities Suit Dismissal
As a result of the First Circuit’s January 20, 2011 opinion, the plaintiffs in the Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation mortgage-backed securities lawsuit have managed to revive a slender portion of their case, albeit on a rather precarious basis. The First Circuit otherwise affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the remainder of their case.
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Cornerstone Releases 2010 Securities Litigation Study
As a result of a spike in second half filings, the number of new securities class action lawsuits increased slightly in 2010 compared to the year before, although the 2010 filing levels remained below historical averages, according to the annual study released jointly by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse.
Advisen Releases Year End 2010 Corporate and Securities Litigation Study
Though securities class action lawsuit filings were below historical averages, overall corporate and securities litigation reached "record" levels during 2010, according to a report from the insurance information firm, Advisen. The report, which was released on January 19, 2011 and is entitled "2010 a Record Year for Securities Litigation," can be found here.
The List: The FDIC’s Civil Actions Against Former Officials of Failed Banks
As detailed in the accompanying blog post, all signs are that the FDIC will be filing increasing numbers of civil actions against former officials of banks that have been closed as part of the current round of bank failures. With this possibility in mind, it seems like it is time for The D&O Diary
FDIC Files Civil Suit Against Former Integrity Bank Officials
More banks have failed in Georgia than any other state as part of the current bank failure wave, but the FDIC had not yet filed a civil action against the former officials of a failed Georgia bank – that is, until now. On January 14, 2011, in what is the third FDIC lawsuit overall against
Failed Bank Investors’ Securities Suit Dismissed
On January 14, 2011, in a ruling that could have implications for other failed bank investors’ securities class action lawsuits, Northern District of Georgia Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. granted defendants’ motions to dismiss the securities suit that had been brought by investors in the failed Haven Trust Bank of Duluth, Georgia. A