Status:Settled
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague defended against a claim for approximately
$16 million and imposition of a constructive trust, arising out of
the purchase of the Latham Hotel in Philadelphia. Berger
& Montague settled the case for less than the cost of the...
Status:Settled
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague defended this case against a claim for $30
million for breach of contract. The jury rendered a verdict
in favor of Berger & Montague's client on the claim (i.e., $0),
and a verdict for the full amount of Berger &...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague represented a trustee in bankruptcy
against officers and directors and the former corporate parent and
obtained a very favorable confidential settlement.
Status:Settled
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
The firm served as sole lead counsel and obtained, after 7 years
of litigation, in 2000 a settlement whereby fabricator class
members could obtain full recoveries for their losses resulting
from defendants' defective contact adhesives
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Securities Fraud
,
Commercial Litigation
The Berger firm represented a private real estate
developer/investor who sold a valuable apartment complex to GMH for
cash and publicly-held securities. The case settled for a
confidential sum which represented a significant portion of the
losses...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$4.5 million
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
The firm represented a litigation trust and brought two actions,
one against the officers and directors of Sunterra Inc.
an insolvent company, and the second against Sunterra's
accountants, Arthur Andersen and obtained an aggregate settlement
of $4.5...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
,
Securities Fraud
The Berger firm represented a group of private shareholders who
sold their companies to a large publicly-held corporation in
exchange for $103.5 million in stock. The case settled for a
confidential sum on the eve of trial for a percentage of...
Status:Pending
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
On January 10, 2012, Berger & Montague filed a class action
complaint on behalf of tens of thousands of commodities account
holders who fell victim to the alleged massive theft and
misappropriation of client funds at MF Global Inc.
The complaint,...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$4 million
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague represented a liquidating trustee against
the officers of U.S. Aggregates, Inc. and obtained a settlement of
$4 million.
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$30 million
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague settled this individual claim, alleging a
10-year oral contract (despite six subsequent writings attempting
to reduce terms to writing, each with materially different terms
added, all of which were not signed), for a combined...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague represented an owner of limited
partnership interests in several commercial real estate
partnerships in a lawsuit against the partnerships' general
partner. The terms of the settlement are subject to a
confidentiality agreement....
Status:Settled
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague represented the seller of a business as
the plaintiff in a breach of contract case. The case centered
around the value of post-closing purchase price adjustments to the
$75 million purchase price paid for an information technology...
Status:Settled
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague represented a family who sold certain
apartment buildings to a public REIT in exchange for non-vested
warrants to purchase the REIT's publicly traded shares. Prior
to the warrants vesting, the REIT was the subject of financial...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation
Berger & Montague settled this individual claim for a
confidential amount, seeking interpretation of the distribution
agreement for the movie, Gone with the Wind and
undistributed profits for the years 1993-1997, with forward changes
in accounting...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
Confidential
Practice Area(s):
Commercial Litigation