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The D&O Diary

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IPO Laddering Cases Settled for $586 Million

By Kevin LaCroix on April 6, 2009
Posted in IPO Laddering Cases, Securities Litigation

The consolidated  IPO Laddering Cases, that superannuated vestige of a long-gone era that has continued to grind on despite numerous procedural setbacks, apparently has been settled (again), at least according to the parties’ April 1, 2009 settlement stipulation (here). Hat tip to the WSJ.com Law Blog for the link to the…

IPO Laddering Case Dismissal Motion Substantially Denied

By Kevin LaCroix on March 27, 2008
Posted in IPO Laddering Cases

Subprime litigation may be all the rage, but the consolidated IPO Laddering case is back in the news, a seemingly distant reverberation from a long-gone era that may nonetheless still vex the same investment banks caught up in the current subprime crisis. The consolidated Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation is going forward in the district…

Supreme Court Rejects IPO Laddering Antitrust Case

By Kevin LaCroix on June 18, 2007
Posted in IPO Laddering Cases

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket The Supreme Court still has not yet issued its much-anticipated decision in the Tellabs case (about which refer here), but it did issue a 7-1 decision today (refer here) in the Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing case, holding that the securities laws preclude application of the antitrust laws in a case filed against…

Second Circuit Rejects Class Action Against Underwriter Defendants in IPO Laddering Cases

By Kevin LaCroix on December 5, 2006
Posted in IPO Laddering Cases

According to reports in a December 6, 2006 article in the New York Times entitled "Court Rejects Class Action Against Banks" (here, registration required) and a December 6, 2006 Wall Street Journal article entitled "Wall Street Wins Ruling Blocking IPO Class Action" (here, subscription required) on December 5, 2006, the United…

Kevin M. LaCroix is an attorney and Executive Vice President, RT ProExec, a division of RT Specialty. RT ProExec is an insurance intermediary focused exclusively on management liability issues…

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