The Barrack Bulletin

In The Barrack Bulletin, BR&B offers its analysis of important trends and issues in securities class action litigation. The Bulletin is published four times a year.

Volume 11, Spring 2007 — 147kb

Stock Option Backdating: The Ultimate in Greed by Jeffrey W. Golan

Does Sarbanes-Oxley Make U.S. Markets Less Competitive? by Jeffrey A. Barrack

Stock Option Backdating and Derivative Actions by Regina M. Calcaterra

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Does Your Pension Plan Miss Out On Class Action Settlements?

Volume 10, Spring 2006 — 794kb

Barrack, Rodos, & Bacine at 30 by M. Richard Komins

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Ten Years Later by Samuel M. Ward

Who’s In Charge? Lead Plaintiff Decisions Under the PSLRA by Mark R. Rosen

The Proportionate Liability and Judgment Reduction Credit Provisions of the PSLRA: A Major Reform Has Perverse Consequences by Chad A. Carder

Did the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Change the Standard for Pleading Scienter? by Beth Targan

Volume 9, Fall 2005 — 204kb

The Client's Role in Prosecuting WorldCom: New York State Comptrollers Lead the Charge by Jeffrey W. Golan

Making Law Concerning An Underwriter’s Obligations and Achieving Record Settlements with the Underwriter Defendants by Gerald J. Rodos and Pearlette V. Toussant

New Standards for Director Liability Developed in WorldCom by Mark R. Rosen

A Note on Auditor Responsibility from the WorldCom Securities Litigation by Jeffery A. Barrack

Prosecuting WorldCom: Setting a New Paradigm for Securities Class Actions by Leonard Barrack

Ruling on Admissibility of WorldCom Restatement Could Have Broad Implications by Chad A. Carder

The WorldCom Jurors: What Did They Think? by Beth R. Targan and Lisa M. Lamb

Volume 8, Spring 2004 — 904kb

Fixing The Mutual Fund Industry by Regina M. Calcaterra and David E. Robinson

Study Says Class Actions Not Out of Control by Stephan R. Basser and Samuel M. Ward

Schering-Plough Class Certified by Robert A. Hoffman

Volume 7, Fall 2003 — 224kb

Court Protects Institutional Lead Plantiff From Unreasonable Discovery In Securities Class Action by Stephen R. Basser and Edward M. Gergosian

DaimlerChrysler Agrees to Pay $300 Million to Settle Class Action by Gerald J. Rodos, Jeffrey W. Golan and Jeffrey A. Barrack

Important Legal Decisions In DaimlerChrysler by Jeffrey W. Golan and David E. Robinson

Court Approves “Exceptional” Safeskin Settlement: Instituitional Lead Plaintiff Commended by Steven R. Basser

Shed a Tier for Me: Strategic Tiering of D&O Insurance Harms Victims of Securities Fraud by Gerald J. Rodos and David E. Robinson

Volume 6, Winter 2002 — 586kb

Accounting Fraud: An Accountant’s View by Daniel E. Bacine and Harris L. Devor, Shareholder, Shechtman, Marks, Devor & Etskovitz, P.C.

Barrack Rodos & Bacine Helps Out by Maxine S. Goldman

Securities Fraud Class Actions: More Than Just Numbers by Robert A. Hoffman

Volume 5, Fall 2002 — 223kb

Accounting Fraud: Why Does It Happen? by Edward M. Gergosian

Ninth Circuit Says “No” To Interference With Lead Plaintiff’s Choice of Counsel by David E. Robinson

“State of the Art” Claims Monitoring by Maxine S. Goldman

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: A Good Start for Investors by Stephen R. Basser

Volume 4, Spring/Summer 2002 — 301kb

Accounting Fraud: What Are They Talking About? by Edward M. Gergosian

Cross Pens Caught In The Cross Fire by Jeffrey W. Golan

District Court Upholds Class Complaint Against DaimlerChrysler by Jeffrey W. Golan

Green Tree Blunts Reach of PSLRA by Robert A. Hoffman

Reform of the “Reformed” by Leonard Barrack

Theragenics Class Decision: An Important Victory For Class Representatives by M. Richard Komins

Volume 2, Spring 2001 — 301kb

Chicago Teachers Take the Lead in Securities Suit Against Ford by Edward M. Gergosian

Delaware Court Appoints Group of Institutional Investors to Lead Class Action Against DaimlerChrysler AG by Jeffrey W. Golan

Does “5-in-3” Rule Apply to Institutions? SEC Says No by Jeffrey A. Barrack

Quaker Oats Settles Snapple-Related Securities Fraud Lawsuit by M. Richard Komins

Selection of Class Counsel: Our Perspective by Leonard Barrack

Volume 1, 2001 — 41kb

3COM Corporation Agrees to Pay $259 Million to Injured Investors by Edward M. Gergosian

California Court Closes Major Loophole in State Securities Laws by Stephen R. Basser

Institutions Have Much to Gain by Taking Lead: Florida’s Story by: Horace Schow II, General Counsel, Florida State Board of Administration

Volume I, Second Quarter, 2000 — 175kb

Cendant Settlement Approved by Jeffrey W. Golan

Samsonite Settles Securities “Baggage” by Edward M. Gergosian and Stephen R. Basser