The Wall Street Journal By Tom Corrigan (July 12, 2016) Lawyers for Gawker Media LLC say founder and Chief Executive Nick Denton will join his media company in bankruptcy unless a judge steps in to block litigation from former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and his billionaire backer. In court papers filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in...
Law360, New York (June 24, 2016, 7:12 PM ET) Private equity magnate Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch Partners firm have dropped Skadden Arps in favor of Gibson Dunn in their various legal battles, after a string of losses and a Second Circuit decision that rebuffed Tilton’s challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house...
Law360, New York (March 2, 2016, 5:22 PM ET) — A New York judge on Wednesday said a German bank’s $45 million lawsuit claiming private equity magnate Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch Partners firm misled the lender about the nature of its collateralized debt obligation investments can proceed, but trimmed one of two claims from...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was ordered to pay almost $160 million for its role as part-owner of the doomed Gulf of Mexico well that in 2010 caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The fine was the last big uncertainty hanging over Anadarko from the disaster. The order Monday comes after the government told...
By Peg Brickley Oct. 5, 2015 Investors in Lynn Tilton’s funds sued Monday seeking damages for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment tied to her multi-billion-dollar debt funds. Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Hannover Funding Co. filed a civil suit in state court in New York, seeking damages from Ms. Tilton, her Patriarch Partners LLC and related...
Law360, New York (August 19, 2015, 4:28 PM ET) — Boomerang Systems Inc., a company that develops automated parking garages, said Wednesday that it is filing for bankruptcy in Delaware, blaming its financial problems on one of its lenders in a separate $25 million lawsuit. BSI said in a statement it has filed for Chapter...
Berg & Androphy represents Bahram Mechanic, U.S. Citizen charged with a criminal indictment for violating US sanction laws for controlling the operations of his Iranian computer business. Mechanic has sued the U.S. for millions of dollars for the unlawful taking of his Iranian business.
Second Annual National False Claims Act and Qui Tam Trial Institute Description of Proceedings As the number of False Claims Act cases filed, and settled, continues to rise, an increasing number of cases are litigated through discovery and trial. This one-of-a-kind Institute will focus on the unique, and often little understood, discovery, evidentiary and trial...
Joel Androphy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 22nd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the following practice area(s): Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense: White-Collar Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Qui Tam Law David Berg has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 22nd Edition...
Add Berg & Androphy – a spirited Houston standout led by acclaimed lawyer David Berg – to the list of Texas firms making a run at New York. Berg recently hired two Kasowitz partners, Michael Fay and Jenny Kim, opening offices on West 45th St. Berg is a famed trial lawyer and author, who’s won...
