Attorneys in this Practice

Securities Litigation

Zwerling Schachter has acted or is presently acting as a lead counsel or as a member of an executive committee for plaintiffs in many securities related lawsuits, including:  McCoy, et al. v. Cullum & Burks Securities, Inc., et al., C.D. Cal., Civ. No. 8:09-CV-01084-DOC (RNBx) (“Medical Capital Holding, Inc. Securities Litigation”); Billitteri v. Securities America, Inc., et al., N.D. Tex., Civ. No. 3:09-CV-01568-F ("Provident Royalties Litigation"); Anwar v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited, S.D.N.Y., Master File No. 09-cv-118 (VM) and In re Santander Optimal Securities Litigation, S.D. Fla., Case No. 1:09-cv-20215-PCH, both of which seek recovery on behalf of investors in “feeder funds” that in turn invested with Bernard L. Madoff Securities, LLC.; In re Citigroup Auction Rate Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y., Civ. No. 1:08-CV-3139 (LTS); In re NYMEX Holdings Shareholder Litigation, Del. Ch. Ct., C.A. No. 3621 (VCN); In re Vonage Initial Public Offering (IPO) Securities Litigation, D.N.J., Civ. No. 07-177 (FLW);  In re BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust Securities Litigation, W.D. Wash., No. C06-1505 MJP; Diana Allen Life Insurance Trust v. BP plc, et al., S.D.N.Y., Civ. No. 06-14209 (PJC); In re First BanCorp Securities Litigation, D.P.R., Civ. No. 3:05-cv-02148-PG; Fox v. Levis, et al., S.D.N.Y., No. MD C 06-1506 (RO); In re Silicon Image, Inc. Securities Litigation, N.D. Cal., Master File No. C 05-00456 (MMC); In re: Old Banc One Shareholders Securities Litigation, N.D. Ill., Civ. No. 00C2100; In re Network Associates Derivative Litigation, Sup. Ct. Cal., Santa Clara Co., CV 781854; In re Telxon Corporation Securities Litigation, N.D. Ohio, 5:98-CV-2876; Hayman v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, N.D. Ohio, 01-CV-1078; In re Corrections Corporation Shareholder Litigation, Tennessee Chancery Ct.,  Master File No. 98-1257-iii; In re Adaptec Inc. Derivative Litigation, Sup. Ct. Cal., Santa Clara Co., CV 772590; In re Pacific Scientific Securities Litigation, C.D. Cal., No. SACV-96-1106-LHM(EEx); Kaplan v. Prins Recycling Corp., D.N.J., 96 Civ. 2444; In re Health Management Inc. Securities Litigation, E.D.N.Y., 96 Civ. 889; Weikel v. Tower Semiconductor, Ltd., D.N.J., 96 CV 03711; In re Bennett Funding Group Inc. Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y., 96 Civ. 2583; In re Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation Securities Litigation, D.N.M.,  Master File No. 96-044 BB/LCS; Rosenberg v. Stauth, W.D. Okla., C.A. No. 96-1808-M; In re Solomon, et al. v. Armstrong, Del. Ch. Ct., C.A. No. 13515; In re Archer Daniels Midland Company Derivative Litigation, Del. Ch. Ct., Cons. C.A. No. 14403; In Re American Pacific Securities Litigation, D. Nev., CV-S-93-00576-PMP; McNeil v. Austin, Sup. Ct., N.Y. Co., Index No. 33189/91, In Re Foodmaker/Jack-in-the-Box Securities Litigation, W.D. Wash., No. C93-517WD; In re Ames Department Stores, Inc. Stock Litigation, D. Conn., 90-00027 (PCD); In Re: General Development Corporation Securities Litigation, S.D. Fla., 90-069; In Re Republic Pictures Corporation Shareholders Litigation, Del. Ch. Ct., C.A. No. 13122; In Re Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. Shareholders Litigation, Del. Ch. Ct., C.A. No. 13319; In re First Capital Holdings Corporation Financial Products Securities Litigation, C.D. Cal., MDL No. 901; In re New World Securities Litigation, C.D. Cal., CV 88-06260; In re Anchor Securities Litigation, E.D.N.Y., 88 Civ. 3024; 3Com Corp. Securities Litigation, N.D. Cal., C89-20480; In re Par Pharmaceutical Derivative Litigation, S.D.N.Y., 89 Civ. 5497 (RPP); Fishbein v. Resorts International Inc., S.D.N.Y., 89 Civ. 6043 (MGC); In re Bank of Boston Securities Litigation, D. Mass., 89-2269-H; In re Howard Savings Bank Securities Litigation, D.N.J., 89-5131; Merrit v. Gulf States Utilities Co., E.D. Tex., B-86-574-CA.

In addition, Zwerling Schachter represents or has represented public employee pension funds and union pension funds in securities litigations, including:  In re:  MGIC Investment Corp. Securities Litigation, E.D. Wis., Civ. No. 2:08-CV-00458-LA; In re: American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y., 08-CV-4772 (LTS); In re: Doral Financial Corp. Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y., Case No.:  1:05-md-1706 (RO); and Clinton Charter Township Police and Fire Retirement Systems v. Donald. J. Reckler, et al., E.D.N.Y, Case No.: 03 CV 5008 (TCP).