NEW YORK - Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that Richard Falek has joined its New York office as a partner. His practice focuses on antitrust and trade regulation issues, particularly mergers and acquisitions requiring Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings... Read More

\ NEW YORK - Federal securities class action cases increased for the third consecutive year in 2011 with nearly 200 cases representing a 10 percent increase over 2010 and 22 percent increase over 2009, according to the 16th annual Securities Litigation... Read More

That's a real "man bites dog" headline, but it looks like J Crew has sued the shareholder plaintiffs who challenged the going private deal. You'll remember that the shareholder plaintiffs and defendants reached a settlement agreement... Read More

One of the most distinctive trends in corporate and securities litigation in recent years has been the rise in litigation related mergers and acquisition activity . Cornerstone Research's most recent year-end litigation filing study , released in... Read More

The growing problem of M&A-related litigation has been well-documented on this site (refer for example here ). The prevalence of M&A litigation has grown to the point that virtually every M&A transaction involves litigation, and often involving... Read More