Fighting Fraud at Twitter with Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

WCC 2009

Thursday, March 2, 12:15–1:15 PM @ WCC 2009     →    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd will discuss their recent suit against Twitter for concealing stagnant user growth from investors, causing its stock to trade at artificially high levels. RGRD and co-lead counsel Motley Rice obtained the second-largest securities fraud class action recovery ever on

Tricks are for Kids: The Dark Side of Children’s Gaming Apps

WCC 1019

Tuesday, March 7, 12:15–1:15 PM @ WCC 1019     →     A six-year-old’s $16,000 spending spree on in-app purchases for a mobile game recently made headlines. Children are often pushed into purchases by targeted ads, informed by user data that developers of children’s gaming apps collect without consent. Join HPLA and attorneys from Lieff Cabraser Heimann &

Breaking Up the Elite College Cartel: Suing Colleges for Financial Aid Price Fixing

WCC 1023

Monday, March 20, 12:15–1:15 PM @ WCC 1023     →     Sixteen elite colleges, including Yale and UPenn, collaborated to create financial aid policies that "give a leg up to the children of past or potential donors," while "reduc institutional dollars to students from working- and middle-class families." Attorneys estimate that over 18 years,

Earth Lawyering: Environmental Justice on the Plaintiffs’ Side

WCC 1019

Tuesday, March 28, 12:15–1:15 PM @ WCC 1019     →     How do plaintiffs’ firms litigate for environmental justice? Attorneys from Sher Edling; Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger; and Burns Charest will discuss how they vindicate the rights of victims of environmental harm, challenge corporate policies that exacerbate climate change, and protect natural resources. This

Securities Litigation on the Plaintiffs’ Side

WCC 1023

Tuesday, April 4, 12:15–1:15 PM @ WCC 1023     →     How do securities litigators correct corporate lies? Join the Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association and attorneys from Berman Tabacco, Motley Rice, Labaton Sucharow, and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann for a panel on careers as plaintiff-side securities litigators. Attorneys will discuss how prosecuting securities