2/11/2015 - On February 11, 2015, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, also known as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a dispute arising from Wal-Mart’s refusal to include a shareholder proposal in its 2014 proxy materials.

1/5/2015 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces the promotion of attorney Lisa M. Port to partner, effective January 5, 2015.  At the Firm, Ms. Port has been involved in the prosecution of both class and derivative cases and was an integral member of the team prosecuting In re American International Group, Inc. 2008 Securities Litigation, which recently settled for $970.5 million and is currently pending final Court approval.  Ms. Port is also involved in the Firm's prosecution of In re DFC Global Corp.

6/23/2014 - The United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling in the Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. securities class action.  In a victory for investors, the Court rejected a direct challenge to the “fraud-on-the-market” theory, which has been a lynchpin of securities fraud class action litigation for almost 30 years.  In 1988, the Supreme Court held in Basic v.