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John D. Donovan, Jr.

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John D. Donovan, Jr.

Partner
 
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts  02110
(Suffolk Co.)

Telephone: 617-951-7000
Fax: 617-951-7050
http://www.ropesgray.com

Email: Contact via email

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#235 out of 12,243 lawyers in Boston, Massachusetts
#21,466 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall
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Practice AreasCommercial Litigation; Business Litigation
 
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EducationBoston College Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1981, Harvard College, A.B., 1975
 
Admitted1981, Massachusetts; 2003, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Fifth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits
 
BiographyAlpha Sigma Nu; Order of the Coif; Boston College Law School Alumni Prize. Editor-in-Chief, Boston College Law Review. Author: "The Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Context," 19 B.C.L.Rev. 973; "Derivative Litigation and the Business Judgment Rule in Massachusetts," 34 Boston Bar J. 22; "Stockholders' Lawsuits Against Directors, Officers and Corporation," in Massachusetts Corporation Law and Practice; "Appraisal Rights of Dissenting Stockholders," in Massachusetts Corporation Law and Practice.
 
ISLN907796532
 

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Appeals Court Rejects Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Claims, Adopting New Standard for Evaluation of Fees
John D. Donovan, Robert A. Skinner, June 16, 2008
In a significant setback for plaintiffs' lawyers taking aim at advisory and distribution fees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 19, 2008, affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Harris Associates - the manager of the Oakmark Family of Funds - on a claim that its fees were...


 

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