Litigation: Securities

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Provided by Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP

Wolf Haldenstein has litigated complex securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, and transactional cases for nearly fifty years. The Firm is well-recognized for its expertise by colleagues, opponents and courts nationwide. Wolf Haldenstein has recovered over $9 billion for shareholders, including billions of dollars in increased merger consideration for institutional and individual investors, and billions of dollars for corporations and limited partnerships to compensate for harm caused by fiduciaries. Additionally, the Firm has been highly successful in obtaining corporate governance enhancements and reforms. Wolf Haldenstein represents institutional and individual investors including public pension funds, Taft-Hartley funds, state attorneys general and private asset managers.

Wolf Haldenstein’s notable successes in litigating high-profile, complex securities fraud actions include the following:

• Recovery of $272 million from Goldman Sachs for purchasers of a group of mortgage holders and related investors.

• Recovery of $150 million from JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., in a securities class action on behalf of investors alleging breaches of fiduciary duties by the company and senior management.

• Recovery of $119 million in transaction value for shareholders from Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc., and its management after successfully enjoining a shareholder vote on merger.