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BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD LLP represents individual and institutional clients in private and class action litigation. Since 1993, the Firm has recovered substantial monetary relief and achieved significant corporate governance reforms on behalf of our clients.
As a result of our efforts and accomplishments, the Firm has been named by The National Law Journal to the “Plaintiffs’ Hot List,” for the past seven years. In fact, the Firm is one of only two firms nationwide to be recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the top plaintiff's law firms in the country over this seven year period. The Firm has also been listed in The Legal 500, a guide to the best commercial law firms in the United States, for the past three years.
Bernstein Liebhard has been retained by some of the largest public and private pension and health and welfare funds in the country to monitor their assets and pursue litigation on their behalf. The Firm has prosecuted high profile actions involving claims related to corporate governance, shareholder rights, and securities fraud; anticompetitive conduct; consumer protection; and mass torts. Through our appellate practice group, the Firm has advanced important issues in the courts of appeal and the United States Supreme Court in cases affecting the Firm’s clients.
The Firm enjoys a national reputation for quality and integrity and has received judicial praise for the work that we have performed on behalf of our clients. We have an established track record of success and the respect of the defense bar and insurance carriers. We are proud of our accomplishments and the Firm’s leadership role in protecting the interests of our clients in the areas in which we practice.
Recent News
Two Bernstein Liebhard LLP Attorneys Publish Articles in Securities Litigation Report
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Bernstein Liebhard Expands Its Practice to Include Representation of Securities Fraud Whistleblowers
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Preliminary Approval of Settlements in the In re Mutual Funds Investment Litigation - Federated Sub-Track
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of Acquisition of Alloy, Inc. By Zelnickmedia
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of Acquisition of Argon St Inc. By Boeing Co.
Partner Christian Siebott to Participate on Panel Discussing Developments in Class Action Law hosted by West LegalEdcenter®
Partner Stanley D. Bernstein to Speak at the Directorship Forum hosted by National Association of Corporate Directors
Proshares Ultrashort Russell 2000 Fund (SKK) Case Filed by Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of VCG Holding Corporation Merger
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of Zenith National Insurance Corporation Merger
Law360 Names Bernstein Liebhard LLP as One of the Plaintiff-Side Securities Firms of the Year
Michael S. Bigin Becomes Senior Counsel at Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Brian S. Cohen Becomes Senior Counsel at Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Proshares Ultrashort Basic Materials Fund (SMN) Class Action Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Stanley D. Bernstein Honored as One of “The Most Influential People in the Boardroom”
Partner Seth Ottensoser Lectures on Corporate Finance at Harvard Law School
Proshares Ultra Financials Fund (Symbol: UYG) Class Action Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Three Bernstein Liebhard Partners Named Super Lawyers
Proshares Ultrashort Dow 30 Fund (Symbol: DXD) Class Action Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Final Approval of the Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
ProShares Ultrashort Oil And Gas Fund (Symbol: DUG) Class Action Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP
ProShares Ultrashort Financials Fund (Symbol: SKF) Class Action Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Deadline For Investors In ProShares Ultrashort Real Estate ProShares Fund (SRS) To Move The Court To Serve As Lead Plaintiff
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Recognized as a Top 10 Firm by Securities Class Action Services (“SCAS”)
Court Grants Final Approval to $30.5 million Beazer Homes (USA) Inc. Settlement
Brian E. Lehman Becomes an Associate at Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Recognized by The Legal 500 for Third Straight Year
Partner Stanley Bernstein to Speak at Global Forum hosted by National Association of Corporate Directors and Directorship
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Wins Major Court Victory on Behalf of New York City Tenants
Ronald J. Aranoff Becomes a Partner at Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Named One of "100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation"
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Investigating Accutane Lawsuits
Institutional InvestorsInstitutional investors are among the largest investors in the capital markets. As major shareholders in public companies, and as fiduciaries of the persons on whose behalf they invest, institutional investors have a duty to recover funds resulting from corporate mismanagement and/or fraud. Bernstein Liebhard provides legal support to institutional investors aggrieved by corporate fraud and/or mismanagement. We provide monitoring, evaluation, and litigation services so that our institutional investor clients can recover their monetary losses, improve corporate governance, and hold corporate wrongdoers accountable for violations of the securities law.
RecognitionBernstein Liebhard and its attorneys have been recognized by their peers and several respected national organizations as leaders in the plaintiffs’ bar. Notably, the Firm has been named by The National Law Journal to the “Plaintiffs’ Hot List,” recognizing the top plaintiffs’ firms in the country, for the past seven consecutive years. Only two firms in the country have been selected for the Hot List seven years in a row. In 2009, the Firm was listed for the third consecutive year in The Legal 500, a guide to the best commercial law firms in the United States. The Legal 500, an independent guide to commercial law firms, is the largest legal referral site on the internet and can be found online here. The Firm has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest ratings for legal ability (A) and ethical standards (V). To learn more about the accomplishments of the firm and its attorneys, click here.
ResultsBernstein Liebhard is a nationally recognized plaintiffs’ law firm that has achieved extraordinary results – the Firm has recovered almost $3 billion on behalf of its clients and the classes that it represented, and has achieved significant corporate governance reforms. In the past year alone, the Firm has recovered over $1 billion, which includes a $14.7 million jury verdict obtained in November 2009, in Connecticut Superior Court.
To learn more about the monetary recoveries we have achieved for injured consumers and investors, the corporate governance reforms we have accomplished for shareholders, and our successful trials, continue reading here.
Judicial PraiseSince its inception, the attorneys at Bernstein Liebhard have been recognized by the courts for their skill, quality of work, and commitment to the zealous prosecution of class actions and complex litigation. We are proud of the many cases where courts have recognized the Firm and its attorneys and excerpt some of their praise below and in the pages that follow:
• "the quality [of representation] was extremely high";
• counsel have "conducted themselves in the highest professional manner";
• "Counsel have been diligent and well prepared. . . . Plaintiffs' counsel has performed an important public service in this action and have done so efficiently and with integrity"; and
• " . . . plaintiff is represented by highly competent counsel, a counsel that demonstrates consistently to me an incredible work ethic in achieving the benefits that were achieved here."
Featured CasesBernstein Liebhard has consistently been at the forefront of advancing the interests of its clients in the areas in which the Firm practices. We have represented individual and institutional plaintiffs in scores of private and class action litigations in federal and state courts throughout the country. The cases featured below are among our more noteworthy.
IPO Securities Litigation: The Firm serves as Chair of the Executive Committee and led all plaintiffs' counsel in litigating this enormously complex case consisting of more than 300 coordinated actions involving corporate issuers that were brought public between 1998 and 2000. The Firm obtained final approval of a $586 million settlement in this complex litigation after more than eight years of hard-fought litigation. [read more]
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Securities Litigation: The Firm serves as co-lead counsel and represents three state pension funds in this securities class action litigation, involving an illicit scheme in which billions of dollars in kickbacks were improperly reported as revenues by the Company. The Firm recently obtained final approval of a $400 million settlement of the action. [read more]
Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation: The Firm serves as lead counsel and represents two state pension funds in this securities class action litigation involving allegations that the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company committed securities fraud related to their recategorization of billions of barrels of their oil and gas reserves beginning in January 2004. The case was for a minimum cash benefit of $122.5 million and a contingent value of more than $180 million, in addition to a $350 million European settlement for which the Court recognized the Firm as a "substantial factor" in bringing about. [read more]
Fannie Mae Securities Litigation: The Firm serves as co-lead counsel and represents a state pension fund in this securities class action litigation involving allegations that, among others, Fannie Mae and its three most senior corporate officers intentionally misapplied accounting rules and engaged in other misconduct to distort financial results, "smooth out" earnings, reduce income statement volatility, and to maximize the Individual Defendants' compensation. The action is pending before the Honorable Richard J. Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [read more]
Consumer InjuryIn addition to representing injured persons in complex individual and class action litigation throughout the United States, the lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP handle a wide array of consumer injury litigation, including cases involving dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, asbestos exposure, child safety and diseases. The links below represent some of the many mass tort lawsuits in which the Firm is involved.
For more information please visit our consumer injury website at www.consumerinjurylawyers.com
