Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP

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Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP prosecutes class and private actions nationwide on behalf of individual and institutional clients. The firm's litigation practice is principally in the areas of securities class actions in federal and state courts, private commercial litigation, corporate governance litigation including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations, as well as in prosecuting complex consumer claims, violations of federal anti-discrimination law and toxic tort litigation. In those cases where we have served as either lead counsel or as a member of plaintiffs' executive committee, the firm has recovered sums exceeding twenty billion dollars, often successfully advancing novel and socially beneficial principles. In this connection, we have developed important new law in the areas in which we litigate. We also handle, on behalf of major institutional clients and lenders, more general complex commercial litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, accountants' liability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and negligence.

Our firm is dedicated to litigating with the highest level of professional competence, striving to secure the maximum possible recovery for our clients in the most efficient and professionally responsible manner. The firm structure allows us a far greater degree of independence, flexibility and satisfaction than a large firm environment, without sacrificing the quality of representation necessary to litigate complex actions successfully throughout the country.

Commercial Litigation including Securities, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Consumer Fraud, Employment Discrimination, Qui Tam False Claims, and Patent Infringement; Class and Derivative Actions in all State and Federal Courts.

A Lesson In Institutional Activism: The Texaco Discrimination Lawsuit
Steven B. Singer, September 18, 2009, previously published by The Advocate for Institutional Investors, First Quarter 1999 on January 1999
Leo Durocher, the famously pugnacious baseball manager, was once asked why he remained so combative throughout his entire career. Leo peered up at the scribe who dared to ask him such a question and sneered in response, "because nice guys finish last."

A New Public (But Very Private) Watchdog: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Issues Its First Reports
Avi Josefson, September 18, 2009, previously published by The Advocate for Institutional Investors, Third Quarter 2004 on October 2004
The epic frauds that unraveled in recent years revealed that, in many cases, the auditors - those most critical guardians of the company's financial statements and the public trust - operated with no meaningful supervision.

Aggregation...Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?
John P. Coffey, September 18, 2009, previously published by The Advocate for Institutional Investors, Third Quarter 1999 on September 1999
In the first issue of this publication, we explored Congress' rationale behind the lead plaintiff provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PSLRA"). See "Institutional Investors As Lead Plaintiffs: Is There A New And Changing Landscape?" on page 1...

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