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  • Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. Ficeto
  • Alstom SA Securities Litigation, In re
  • AnchorBank, FSB v. Hofer
  • BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation, In re
  • Charles Schwab Corp. Press Release, Settlement Agreement
  • City of Farmington Hills Employees Ret. Sys. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  • Elliott Associates v. Porsche Automobil Holding SE
  • Facie Libre Associates I, LLC v. Secondmarket Holdings, Inc.
  • Ferner v. Belo
  • Finn v. Smith Barney
  • Fletcher International v. ION
  • Freeman Investments, L.P. v. Pac. Life Ins. Co.
  • Hidalgo-Velez v. San Juan Asset Mgmt.
  • Huppe v.WPCS International Inc. III QP
  • Intelligent Digital Systems, LLC
  • Kinnett v. Strayer Educ., Inc.
  • Local No. 38 IBEW Pension Fund v. Am. Express Co.
  • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, et al.
  • Matrixx Initiates Inc. v. Siracusano
  • McDowell v. Lopez
  • Medafor v. CryoLife
  • Merck
  • Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation, In re
  • Miller v. MSX-IBX Holding Inc.
  • Monk v. Johnson & Johnson
  • Morgan Keegan & Co. v. Silverman
  • NECA-IBEW Health & Welfare Fund v. Goldman Sachs & Co.
  • Patal v Patel
  • Picard v. Katz
  • Pipefitters Local 636 Insurance Fund v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Quail Cruises Ship Mgmt. v. Agencia de Viagens
  • Rapoport v. SEC
  • Royal Bank of Scotland PLC Securities Litigation, In re
  • SEC v. Chais
  • SEC v. Citigroup
  • SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets
  • SEC v. Curshen
  • SEC v. Gendarme Cap. Corp.
  • SEC v. Jenkins
  • SEC v. Shields
  • SEC v. SIPC
  • SEC v. Wells Fargo
  • Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
  • Societe Generale, In re
  • St. Clair Shores General Employees’ Retirement System v. Lender Processing Services
  • Starr International Co. v. US
  • Trainer Wortham & Co, Inc. v. Betz
  • Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. Ally Fin., Inc.
  • VanCook v. SEC
• Takeovers and Proxy Fights

Securities Matters

• Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. Ficeto, No. 11-0221-CV, 2012 WL

• Agile Safety Variable Fund L.P. v. RBS Citizens, N.A., No. 09-cv-02786-WJM-BNB, D. Colo., May 31, 2011

• Alstom SA Securities Litigation, In re

• AnchorBank, FSB v. Hofer, No. 09-CV-610-SLC, 2010 WL 842172

• BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation, In re, No. 4:10-md-2185

• Cagle v. Mathers Family Trust, 295 P.3d 460 (Colo. 2013)

• Cement Masons & Plasterers Joint Pension Trust v. Equinix, Inc., No. 11–01016 SC, 2012 WL 6044787 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2012).

• Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V.

• Century Aluminum Co. Securities Litigation, In re, No. 11-15599 2013 WL 11887 (9th Cir. Jan. 2, 2013).

• Charles Schwab Corp. Press Release, Settlement Agreement

• City of Farmington Hills Employees Ret. Sys. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

• City of St. Clair Shores Gen. Emp. Ret. Sys. v. Lender Processing Serv., Inc., Inc., 3:10-CV-1073-J-32JBT, 2012 WL 1080953 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 30, 2012)

• Copeland v. Fortis, 685 F. Supp. 498 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)

• Daniels v. Morgan Asset Mgmt., Inc., No. 10–6335, 2012 WL 3799150, Slip Copy (6th Cir. Aug. 31, 2012).

• Delgado v. Ctr. on Children, Inc., No. 10-2753 (E.D. La. July 13, 2012).

• Elliott Associates v. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 10 CIV 0532 HB, 2010 WL 5463846 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 20, 2010)

• Facie Libre Associates I, LLC v. Secondmarket Holdings, Inc., No. 651696-2011 (N.Y Sup. Ct. August 10, 2012)

• Fannie Mae 2008 Securities Litigation, In re, 2012 WL 3758537 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2012).

• Fed. Hous. Fin. Agency v. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, No. 3:11-cv-01383 (D. Conn Aug. 17, 2012).

• Fed. Nat. Mortg. Ass’n Sec., Derivative, “ERISA” Litig., In re, Civil Action No. 04–1639(RJL), 2012 WL 4320615 (D.D.C. Sept. 20, 2012).

• Ferner v. Belo

• Finn v. Smith Barney, No. 11-1270-cv

• Fletcher Int’l, Ltd. v. ION Geophysical Corp., No.5109-CS, 2012 WL 1883040 (Del. Ch. May 23, 2012).

• Frank v. Dana Corp., No. 09-4233, 2011 WL 2020717 (6th Cir. May 25, 2011)

• Freeman Investments, L.P. v. Pac. Life Ins. Co., No. 09-55513, 2013 WL 11884

• Gibbons v. Malone, No. 10 CV 8640(BSJ), 2011 WL 3516065 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2011).

• Gibbons v. Malone, No. 11-3620-cv, 2013 WL 57844 (2d Cir. Jan. 7, 2013).

• Hidalgo-Velez v. San Juan Asset Mgmt., Inc., No. 11-2175CCC 2012 WL 4427077 (D.P.R. Sep. 27, 2012).

• Hite Hedge LP v. El Paso Corp. Civil Action No. 7117VCG, 2012 WL 4788658 (Del. Ch. Oct. 9, 2012).

• Huppe v.WPCS International Inc. III QP, No. 08-4463-cv

• Intelligent Digital Systems, LLC v. Visual Management Systems, Inc., No. CV 09-974, 2010 WL 431472

• Kinnett v. Strayer Educ., Inc., No. 12-12196, 2012 WL 6571112

• Lakeview Investment, LP v. Schulman, et al., 2012 WL 4461762 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2012).

• Local No. 38 IBEW Pension Fund v. American Express Co.

• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. et al., Case 3:11-cv-30285-MAP-

• Material Yard Workers Local 1175 Benefit Funds v. Men’s Wearhouse Inc., No. H-09-3265, 2011 WL 3059229 (S.D. Tex. July 22, 2011)

• Matrixx Initiates Inc. v. Siracusano, 09-1156, US Supreme Court, cert granted, June 14, 2010

• McDowell v. Lopez, 2 CA-CV 2011-0073, 2012 WL

• Medafor v. CryoLife

• Merck

• Meridian Horizon Fund, L.P. v. Tremont Group Holdings, Inc., No. 09 Civ. 3708, 2012 WL 4049953 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2012)

• Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation, In re

• Miller v. MSX-IBX Holding Inc.

• Monk v. Johnson & Johnson, No. 10-4841 (FLW), 2013 WL 436514

• Morgan Keegan & Co. v. Silverman, 706 F. 3d 562, 568

• NECA-IBEW Health & Welfare Fund v. Goldman Sachs & Co., 693 F.3d 145 (2nd Cir. 2012).

• Oddo v. Barclays

• Optimal U.S. Litigation, In re, 10-cv-04095-SAS, 2012 WL 1988713 (S.D.N.Y. June 4, 2012)

• Patel v. Patel, 2011 WL 198418

• Phillip G Donoghue v. Bulldog Investors Gen. P’ship, No. 11–1708–CV, 2012 WL 4477395 (2d Cir. Oct. 1, 2012).

• Picard v. Katz

• Pipefitters Local 636 Insurance Fund v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

• Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund LP v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, No. 1-11-2903 (Ill. App. Aug. 10, 2012).

• Quail Cruises Ship Management v. Agencia de Viagens, 10-14129, 11th Cir., July 2011

• Rapoport v. SEC, 2012 WL 2298772

• Richman v. Goldman Sachs Group WL 2362539 (S.D.N.Y. June 21, 2012)

• Royal Bank of Scotland PLC Securities Litigation, In re, S.D.N.Y., 09 Civ. 300

• Sarafin v. BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc., No. 3:11-0653, 2013 WL 139521 (M.D. Tenn. Jan. 10, 2013).

• SEC Release No. IA-3483

• SEC v. Bartek

• SEC v. Benger, No. 09 C 676, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21539 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 15, 2013)

• SEC v. Citigroup, 11 Civ. 7387, SDNY, 2011

• SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, 11-5227, 2nd Cir., Dec. 2011

• SEC v. Cuban, No. 3:08-CV-2050-D, 2013 WL 791405 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 5, 2013)

• SEC v. Curshen, No. 11–CV–20561–JLK, 2012 WL 3755527 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 28, 2012).

• SEC v. Gendarme Cap. Corp., No. CIV S-11-0053 KJM-KJN (D. Cal. 2011)

• SEC v. Gowrish

• SEC v. Jenkins, CV 09-1510, D. Arizona, June 9, 2010

• SEC v. Shields, 2011 WL 3799061 (D. Colo. Aug. 26, 2011).

• SEC v. SIPC, (D.D.C. Cir. Feb. 9, 2012).

• SEC v. Wells Fargo, 3:12-mc-80087-CRB, ND CA, March 2012 (Subpoena Enforcement Action)

• Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

• Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Ins. Co., No. 11–4194 (PGS), 2012 WL 4464040 (D. N.J. Sept. 25, 2012)

• Société Générale Securities Litigation, In re, No. 08 Civ. 2495(RMB), 2010 WL 3910286

• Starr International Co. v. US, November 2011

• Trainer v. Wortham

• Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. Ally Fin., Inc., No. 11 Civ. 2890(GBD)(JCF), 2012 WL 3553052 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2012)

• Union de Empleados de Muelles de Puerto Rico PRSSA Welfare Plan v. UBS Fin. Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, 2013 WL 49818 (1st Cir. Jan. 4, 2013).

• VanCook v. SEC

• XeDAR Corp. v. Rakestraw, No. 12–cv–01907–CMA–BNB, 2013 WL 93196 (D. Colo. Jan. 8, 2013).