July 18, 2016
Hunton & Williams LLP has urged a Texas federal judge to toss a proposed investor class action alleging it and Greenberg Traurig LLP aided Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, arguing the firm isn't liable under state attorney immunity laws.
July 07, 2016
The receiver for R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme and a putative class of defrauded investors on Wednesday told a Texas federal court the attorney immunity doctrine doesn't protect Greenberg Traurig LLP from a suit alleging the firm helped carry out the scheme.
June 16, 2016
Greenberg Traurig LLP on Wednesday asked a Texas federal judge to quash a proposed investor class action against the firm and Hunton & Williams LLP claiming they aided Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying recent appellate decisions show the suit is barred under the attorney immunity doctrine.
February 26, 2016
Greenberg Traurig LLP urged a Texas federal court Friday to deny certification of a proposed class of investors suing Greenberg and Hunton & Williams LLP for allegedly aiding Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying the class is "riddled with individualized issues."
January 14, 2016
The receiver for Robert Allen Stanford's investment firms told a Texas federal judge Thursday that Hunton & Williams LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP are trying to slow down a proposed class action over their roles in Stanford's Ponzi scheme by opposing a bid to split the case.
December 22, 2015
A Texas magistrate judge partially agreed Tuesday to a request from Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP to force victims of Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme to provide certain documents from related cases, noting many of the documents are already available.
December 02, 2015
Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP fired back against victims of Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme who opposed their attempts to get discovery documents from other Stanford-related cases released in current litigation, telling a federal judge on Tuesday there was no standing to refuse handing over the already-produced documents.
November 18, 2015
Victims of Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that Greenberg Traurig and Hunton & Williams can't demand documents from other suits they themselves said were irrelevant to a class certification bid, accusing the firms of gamesmanship.
July 14, 2015
Victims of Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme asked a Texas federal court Monday to deny Hunton & Williams LLP's motion to dismiss for failure to seek class certification in a timely manner, calling the move a mere delay tactic.
June 23, 2015
Hunton & Williams LLP on Tuesday urged a Texas federal court to strike claims from a pending putative class action over its role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, joining co-defendant Greenberg Traurig LLP in arguing that the plaintiffs have failed to timely move to certify a class.