- In 2011, In re Force Protection, Inc. Sec. Litig., 08 CV 845 (D.S.C.), the firm co-counseled a securities class action and helped obtain a $24 million settlement on behalf of the investor class, which was represented by the firm’s class representative client. In another case, In re Medicis Pharm. Corp. Sec. Lit., 08 CV 1821 (D.Az.), the firm is co-counsel to lead counsel and secured a favorable settlement agreement, subject to court approval, which provides an $18 million payment to the shareholder class.
- In 2010, the firm successfully defended against a consumer class action against one of our telecommunications clients, resulting in a precedential decision and establishing when a class action best serves the interest of a putative consumer class.
- In 2006, BG&G helped its client regain control of the management and facilities of a Dominican Republic based telecommunications carrier which had been “hijacked” by a self-dealing manager.
- In 2005, BG&G tried a $180 million construction cost partnership accounting and obtained a valuable settlement for the client.
- In 2004, the firm served as Trust counsel to a $42 million bankruptcy liquidation trust. We successfully managed a number of complex debtor/creditor related litigations and reduced the Trust’s monthly legal costs by 90%.
- In 2000, the firm successfully represented a community development corporation and helped block development of a piece of property wrongfully taken from them for purposes other than neighborhood residential use. BG&G eventually recovered $400,000 in compensation. This case involved an appeal and reversal of a decision of the bankruptcy court.
- In 1999 BG&G represented a New York newspaper in a suit where one management group improperly took control of the company. Our attorneys were able to obtain a preliminary injunction and an order that the old management be reinstalled.
- In 1998, the firm obtained dismissal of a class action brought against a public telecommunications company for false advertising.
