12/11/2009 - The Florida State Board of Administration announced that it has reappointed Barrack, Rodos & Bacine to the pool of law firms available to represent the agency in lawsuits involving securities matters. The SBA oversees the $113 billion Florida Retirement System and $23 billion in other funds. The SBA conducted a public selection process for the pool and received 31 applications. The SBA selected BR&B and several other firms to participate in the pool.

11/23/2009 - The Honorable Andrew J. Guilford of the United States District Court for the Central District of California has denied, in large part, defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint filed by Barrack, Rodos & Bacine on behalf of plaintiffs in Reiter, et al. v. Mutual Credit Corp., et al., Case No.

10/2/2009 - On behalf of the State of Michigan Retirement Systems, the Lead Plaintiff in the AIG 2008 Securities Litigation, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine filed an omnibus opposition to the motions filed by all defendants to dismiss the Consolidated Class Action Complaint. In opposing the dismissal motions, BR&B cited extensively to the complaint, to case law relating to the claims asserted against defendants, and to a Declaration of Jeffrey W. Golan.

9/30/2009 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine filed a stockholder’s derivative action on behalf of pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, Inc. alleging that its past and present directors and senior officers harmed the company by causing it to illegally market 13 prescription drugs over many years. Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion for its illegal conduct, the company’s fourth multi-million dollar fine since 2002. The derivative complaint also alleges that the Pfizer directors solicited proxies without disclosing their involvement in the conduct that resulted in the fine.