3/28/2016 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that is has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Section 14(a)”) by Cape Bancorp, Inc. (“CBNJ”) and its board of directors in a proxy statement disseminated to shareholders in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to OceanFirst Financial Corporation (“OceanFirst”).  

3/10/2016 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that is has filed a class action lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County on behalf of the public stockholders of Checkpoint Systems, Inc., against the company’s board of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty arising of the proposed sale of the company to CCL Industries, Inc.  The complaint alleges that the consideration offered to Checkpoint shareholders in connection with the proposed merger significantly undervalues Checkpoint.  Indeed, one of Checkpoint’s largest shareholders, North Star Partners LLC, sent the compan

7/2/2015 - In a major win for investors in public companies incorporated in Delaware, the Delaware General Assembly recently enacted a bill to ban fee-shifting provisions in Delaware corporation bylaws and charters.   The legislation, signed into law on June 24, 2015 by Governor Jack Markell and effective August 1, 2015, amends the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and prohibits a Delaware corporation’s bylaws or certificate of incorporation from shifting legal fees to unsuccessful stockholders who sue a corporation or its directors or officers.  As a result of the legislati

3/23/2015 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that on March 20, 2015, Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted final approval of the $970.5 million settlement resolving American International Group, Inc.