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Since Milberg’s founding in 1965, the firm has recovered more than $50 billion for our clients while prompting meaningful changes in corporate governance.
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See More$586 Million Settlement – Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21-92 (S.D.N.Y.)Milberg represented investors in 310 securities class actions alleging a market manipulation scheme involving hundreds of initial public offerings and approximately 55 defendant investment banks. This scheme, plaintiffs alleged, significantly contributed to the high-tech “bubble” of the late 1990s and early 2000. In approving a $586 million settlement in 2009, the court described the law firms on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee as the “cream of the crop.” -
See MoreConfidential Settlement – Adkisson v. Jacobs Engineering Group
Adkisson et al v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (TV3), No. 3:2013cv00505 (E.D. Tenn. 2018)Milberg attorneys represented a group of hundreds of workers and their families who were injured when cleaning up a large coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. The workers alleged, among other things, that the defendant had denied them essential personal protection equipment. After several rulings, the parties reached a confidential settlement agreement in 2023. -
See More$15.25 Million Settlement – Plantation Building of Wilmington, Inc. v. Brunswick County
Plantation Building of Wilmington, Inc. v. Brunswick County, Brunswick Co. File No. 19-CVS-647 (NC)$15.25 million class settlement on behalf of developers and home builders for illegally charged water and sewer capital recovery fees. -
See More$15.3 Million Settlement – Upright Builders, Inc. v. Town of Apex
Upright Builders, Inc. v. Town of Apex, Wake Co. File No. 18-CVS-3720 (NC)$15.3 million class settlement on behalf of developers and home builders for illegally charged water and sewer capacity replacement fees and transportation fees. -
See More$600 Million Settlement – Lucent Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation
In re Lucent Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 00-621 (D.N.J.)Milberg served as Co-Lead Counsel in this securities action, which alleged that Lucent and its senior officers misrepresented the demand for Lucent products and improperly recognized hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues. The case settled for $600 million.