November 02, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday tossed a hedge fund manager's fraud suit accusing Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC of doctoring a credit agreement for a bankrupt energy company, saying the court lacked jurisdiction over the Tennessee-based law firm.
March 10, 2016
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC urged an Illinois federal court Wednesday to deny two hedge funds' efforts to conduct discovery in their suit accusing the firm of doctoring a loan agreement for a bankrupt energy company, saying the court lacks jurisdiction and no amount of discovery would prove otherwise.
February 19, 2016
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC told an Illinois federal court Friday that it plans to seek a dismissal of a suit brought by two hedge funds claiming the Tennessee-based firm doctored a loan agreement for a bankrupt energy company because the court lacks jurisdiction in the matter.
February 18, 2016
Two hedge funds accusing Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC of doctoring a loan agreement for a bankrupt energy company asked an Illinois federal court Wednesday to rethink tossing the suit, saying the court ostensibly forgot about one of their jurisdiction assertions.
February 08, 2016
An Illinois federal court has found that it can’t hear two hedge funds’ suit accusing Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC of doctoring a loan agreement for a bankrupt energy company because there isn’t any evidence the funds suffered an injury in Illinois.
June 03, 2015
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC urged an Illinois judge on Tuesday to reject discovery efforts by two Cayman Islands hedge funds in a fight over $1 million in legal fees from a Texas energy company, calling the bid a "wild goose chase" attempt at establishing jurisdiction.
April 01, 2015
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that two Cayman Islands hedge funds improperly brought their fraud suit against the firm in Illinois, as the squabble over nearly $1 million in legal fees from a struggling Texas energy company has no relation to the Midwest state.