6/15/2020 - BR&B clients, the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Denver Employees Retirement Plan, along with three additional public pension funds, were appointed in March 2020 to serve as the Lead Plaintiffs in the securities class action brought on behalf of purchasers of common units of Energy Transfer LP (“Energy Transfer” or the “Partnership”).  The class action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Case No. 2:20-cv-00200-GAM), before the Honorable Gerald A. McHugh.

6/2/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges in every aspect of daily life, and the legal community has not been spared.  In response to the widespread shutdown of public life in March, in May 2020, the U.S.

5/18/2020 - Barrack Rodos & Bacine, a long-time advocate for the rights of small businesses, announces that it is currently representing businesses in their fight against insurance companies that have wrongfully refused to pay claims on business interruption insurance policies.  BR&B has filed lawsuits on behalf of businesses who have been denied coverage by insurers arising from the closure of businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  As BR&B senior partner Daniel E. Bacine recently told a reporter:  “Here you have a complete shutdown of your business.

7/10/2019 - Delaware Court Business Insider published an article by BR&B associate Julie B. Palley about a recent Chancery Court decision reaffirming the standard that courts should employ when scrutinizing directors’ decisions on their own compensation.  The directors are required to justify those decisions under the “entire fairness standard.”  Stein v. Blankfein, No. 0354, 2017 (Del. Ch.