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Barrack, Rodos & Bacine Named as Interim Class Counsel in COVID-Related Business Interruption Insurance Cases Against Cincinnati Insurance Company

12/22/2020 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine has brought a number of class action lawsuits against several insurance companies that have uniformly denied the claims of businesses forced to either shut down entirely or offer limited service as a result of government orders relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The complaints in those cases allege that the companies’ denial of the claims was improper and that the claims under the policies’ business interruption and related coverages should have been honored.

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Barrack, Rodos & Bacine Files Detailed Securities Class Action Complaint on Behalf of Energy Transfer LP Investors

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.

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BR&B Recommends Changes to Federal Practice to Meet the Next National Emergency

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.

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Court Upholds Securities Fraud Complaint Against WageWorks, Inc. and Its Former Executives

6/1/2020 - On June 1, 2020, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied defendants’ motions to dismiss the Consolidated Class Action Complaint in In re: WageWorks, Inc. Securities Litigation.

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Barrack, Rodos & Bacine Files Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Carnival Corporation

5/27/2020 - On May 27, 2020, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine filed a securities class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Carnival Corp. (NYSE:  CCL) (“Carnival”) from January 28, 2020 through May 1, 2020, inclusive (the “Class Period”).  The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Carnival; Arnold W. Donald, Carnival's president and chief executive officer; and David Bernstein, the company's chief financial officer.  A copy of the complaint, docketed as Civil Action No.

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Barrack, Rodos & Bacine Is Helping Businesses Fight for Business Interruption Insurance Payments

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.

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Settlement Alert: In re Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation

7/10/2019 - Lead Plaintiff, the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi, on behalf of itself and a class of investors in the common stock of Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner”) and defendants in In Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.

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