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Among many lawsuits Zwerling Schachter has litigated on behalf of investors are:

• The collapse of the auction rate securities market.
• Cases involving the issuance of false and misleading financial statements by public companies. 

• Actions against the "feeder funds" that invested in the largest alleged Ponzi scheme in the United States.

• The first case tried pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and one of the few cases where plaintiffs recovered damages directly from officers of the corporations.

• Insider trading claims against officers and directors.
• A landmark case in which the demand futility defense was successfully defeated.

Zwerling Schachter has represented plaintiffs alleging deceptive trade practices and other anti-competitive claims against many major corporations, including Bayer, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers, Dupont, Merck, General Motors, Phillip Morris, Packard Bell, Holland America, Carnival Cruise Lines, America Online and Prudential Insurance. In all these class actions, the courts chose Zwerling Schachter as class counsel.

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