February 10, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday rejected Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP's bid for a quick appeal of his decision preserving claims that the firms assisted Robert Allen Stanford in his $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
February 05, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday kept intact the bulk of a putative class action brought by investors accusing Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP of assisting Robert Allen Stanford in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying that the investors had made the factual allegations necessary to move forward.
January 06, 2015
Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP urged a Texas federal court to modify its decision trimming claims in an investor row over the firms' alleged role in helping convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford, asking the court to certify the question of whether the receiver had standing to file the suit.
December 17, 2014
A Texas federal judge Wednesday tossed claims brought by an investors committee and receiver that Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP breached fiduciary duty in helping convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford, saying the firms' continuing legal fees weren't enough of a pecuniary interest to raise the claims.
June 03, 2014
A class of investors accusing Greenberg Traurig LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP of aiding convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford on Monday pushed back against bids to quash their $1.8 billion action, saying Texas' attorney qualified immunity doctrine does not apply to this case.
November 16, 2012
A class of investors in the doomed Ponzi scheme of Robert Allen Stanford on Thursday demanded $1.8 billion in damages from Greenberg Traurig LLP, Hunton & Williams LLP and a former Greenberg attorney for helping the convicted fraudster pull off his misdeeds.