06/23/2010 - Barrack Rodos & Bacine Announces Reinstatement of Jury Verdict for Apollo Group, Inc. Investor Class by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, counsel for lead plaintiff the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago and lead counsel for the class, announced that the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered the reinstatement of the jury verdict entered on January 16, 2008, in favor of a class of investors who purchased common stock of Apollo Group, Inc.
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06/09/2010 - Leonard Barrack to Present at European Pension Fund Conference
Leonard Barrack, Senior Founding Partner of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, will present at the 2nd Annual Transatlantic Conference for global institutional investors on June 10, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.
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06/01/2010 - Court Approves Settlement in Pepsi Bottling Companies Takeover Lawsuits
On June 1, 2010, Vice Chancellor Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted final approval of a settlement of cases brought by shareholders of Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, Inc. challenging the offers made in April 2009 by PepsiCo, Inc. to acquire its two primary bottling companies. Barrack, Rodos & Bacine had filed the first case challenging the proposed takeovers with a complaint for BR&B client IBEW Local 98, which was thereafter appointed by the Court to serve as a lead plaintiff in the cases brought on behalf of PBG shareholders.
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06/01/2010 - BR&B Partners Named Pennsylvania "Super Lawyers"
Law & Politics, which published the annual Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, has named four Barrack, Rodos & Bacine partners to its prestigious Super Lawyers list and one Barrack, Rodos & Bacine partner to its Rising Star list for 2010.
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05/21/2010 - Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Settlement of Bank of America / Countrywide Merger Litigation
On May 21, 2010, Chief Justice Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion affirming the approval by Vice Chancellor Noble of the Delaware Court of Chancery, of a settlement reached by BR&B in litigation relating to the acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corporation by Bank of America.
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