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| Practice Areas | Securities Litigation; Litigation Department; Class Action; Bankruptcy Litigation | | | Education | University of Chicago, J.D., 1981, Washington University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1978 | | | Admitted | 1981, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit | |
| Born | Peoria, Illinois, May 26, 1956 | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Judge David M. Ebel, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1988. | | | ISLN | 905803157 | |
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Cashed-Out Shareholders May Bring Class Action for Damages and AppraisalC. John Koch, September 4, 2009 In Berger v. Pubco Corp., No. 509, 2008, 2009 WL 1976529 (Del. July 9, 2009), the Delaware Supreme Court held that minority shareholders who tender in short-form mergers based on incomplete disclosures may bring a class action for damages without an "opt in" requirement or the need to...
AIG Co-Conspirators Immune from Derivative Liability for Bid RiggingC. John Koch, August 19, 2009 In American International Group, Inc. v. Greenberg, No. 769, 2009 WL 1684808 (Del. Ch. June 17, 2009), the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed a derivative action brought by AIG shareholders against insurance companies and brokerage firms that allegedly participated with AIG in a bid-rigging...
SLUSA Does Not Bar Derivative Claims Joined With Preempted ClaimsC. John Koch, March 24, 2009 In In re Lord Abbett Mutual Funds Fee Litigation, No. 07-1112, 2009 WL 117002 (3d Cir. Jan. 20, 2009), the Third Circuit held that a complaint's inclusion of state law claims that are pre-empted under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act ("SLUSA") does not require the dismissal...
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