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Behind major U.S. case against shareholder suits, a tale of two professors

May 23, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

By Alison Frankel (Reuters) - For two months last summer, Stanford Law School professor Joseph Grundfest locked himself away in his home office in Californiaâ??s Portola Valley. Grundfestâ??s house overlooks...

Retroactive immunity for the consul? Frankel

August 24, 2021 at 6:21 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The December 12 arrest of Devyani Khobragade, a deputy consul general at India's consulate in Manhattan, has precipitated quite a diplomatic brouhaha. Khobragade, who is accused...

Column: MBS investors and the $13 billion JPMorgan deal – Frankel

August 24, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - By all accounts, JPMorgan Chase is on the verge of a record-setting $13 billion settlement with the Justice Department and other state and federal regulators that...

The contrarian judge and the Merrill brokers: Frankel

August 24, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a historic decision in June 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that female employees of Wal-Mart could not sue the company for gender discrimination as...

Wake up, shareholders! Your rights may be in danger: Frankel

August 24, 2021 at 12:23 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Do you believe that securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits have any salutary effect on corporate governance - that directors and officers are less likely...

Lance Armstrong sued for fraud over book fabrications

August 23, 2021 at 9:45 p.m.

(Reuters) - Two California men have sued Lance Armstrong and his book publishers for fraud and false advertising, claiming that the cyclist's best-selling memoirs, billed as non-fiction, were revealed to...

Lance Armstrong sued for fraud over book fabrications

November 3, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

(Reuters) - Two California men have sued Lance Armstrong and his book publishers for fraud and false advertising, claiming that the cyclist's best-selling memoirs, billed as non-fiction, were revealed to...

Lance Armstrong sued for fraud over book fabrications

August 22, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

(Reuters) - Two California men have sued Lance Armstrong and his book publishers for fraud and false advertising, claiming that the cyclist's best-selling memoirs, billed as non-fiction, were revealed to...

Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed over mortgages – sources

August 23, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal and state authorities are investigating Credit Suisse AG over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by the bank, people familiar with the probe said on...

Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed over mortgages – sources

December 24, 2018 at 7:07 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal and state authorities are investigating Credit Suisse AG over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by the bank, people familiar with the probe said on...

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