In a May 13, 2013 order (here), Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the Libor-scandal related securities suit that had been filed against Barclays and two of its former executives following the company’s entry into a massive Libor-related settlement last summer. The suit’s dismissal is just
The Travel issue: Barcelona Edition
The D&O Diary is on assignment in Europe this week. The first stop was in Barcelona, where I was a speaker at an annual industry event hosted by my good friends at HCC Global. The education session was a success. As for Barcelona itself … what can you say about a city that has a
Cornerstone Research Releases Failed Bank Litigation Update
Failed bank lawsuit this year area on pace to total the largest annual number of lawsuits yet during the current bank failure wave, according to an April 2013 report from Cornerstone Research entitled “Characteristics of FDIC Lawsuits Against Directors and Officers” (here). The report identifies several factors – including the FDIC’s recently published
Libor-Scandal Antitrust Plaintiffs Allowed to Seek Leave to Amend Their Allegations
Citing the “obvious magnitude” of the Libor-related antitrust litigation, Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has given the plaintiffs leave to attempt to amend their complaints to address the shortcomings that previously led her to grant the defendants’ motion to dismiss. Judge Buchwald granted the plaintiffs’ request for leave to file a motion
Management Liability Insurance for Law Firms and the Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy
The collapse of the venerable Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm is a cautionary tale from which observers have drawn many lessons, including cautions about the perils associated with large law firm mergers and the challenges associated with various forms of law firm partner compensation. The firm’s failure and the claims that have subsequently arisen against
Guest Post: The German Two-Tier Corporate Board Structure and its Impact on D&O Insurance Cover
The liabilities of corporate officials are a reflection of the laws of the jurisdiction in which the corporation is chartered. The jurisdiction’s liability provisions in turn have important implications for the structure of the insurance put in place to protect the corporate officials.
In the following guest post, Michael Hendricks (pictured above left), the
Libor-Scandal Litigation: After Federal Court Dismissal, Schwab Pursues State Court Suit
When Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald entered her order in the consolidated Libor litigation on March 29, 2013, she dismissed the plaintiffs’ antitrust and RICO claims against the Libor rate-setting banks, and she also declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ state law claims, which she dismissed without prejudice. The upshot of