Law360, New York (November 06, 2009, 3:41 PM ET) -- Plaintiffs’ counsel in shareholder derivative litigation over alleged misrepresentations associated with Bank of America Corp.’s purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. have won permission to subpoena deal adviser Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, the bank’s defense counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and former Merrill CEO John A. Thain.
Justice Sherry Klein Heitler issued an ex-parte order Monday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, directing Thain and representatives from the firms to appear for depositions at the...
BofA Shareholders Get Green Light To Query Firms
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