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Peter S. Linden
Peter S. Linden is a partner in our New York office focusing on securities and commercial fraud litigation. Mr. Linden joined the firm in 1990 and focuses on providing advisory services to government pension funds and other institutional investors as well as to corporate and individual consumers. He has been appointed a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan and is a member of the National Association of Public Pension Plan Attorneys.
Mr. Linden has obtained numerous outstanding recoveries for investors and consumers during his career. His advocacy has also resulted in many notable decisions, including In re Matsushita Securities Litigation, which granted partial summary judgment under § 14(d)(7) of the Securities Exchange Act and, more recently, In re Ebay Inc. Shareholders Litigation , which found that corporate insiders’ acceptance of IPO allocations through “spinning” states a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty and that investment banking advisors could be held liable for aiding and abetting such a breach. Mr. Linden has been quoted or featured in articles in various publications.
Some of Mr. Linden’s relevant experience includes:
■ Representation of the lead plaintiff in In re Citigroup Inc Securities Litigation, a class action arising out of Citigroup’s alleged misrepresentations regarding their exposure to losses associated with numerous off-balance sheet Variable Interest Entities. Full disclosure caused over $200 billion in shareholder losses;
■ Representation, as lead counsel, of two major insurance companies and a bondholders class in In re Laidlaw Bondholder Litigation, a securities class action resulting in a $42.275 million recovery;
■ Serving as Chairman of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In re MCI Non-Subscriber Litigation, a consumer class action which resulted in an approximately $90 million recovery for the class;
■ In Reynolds v. Beneficial National Bank, Mr. Linden and KM successfully persuaded the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and ultimately the district court to overturn a questionable settlement, and were then appointed co-lead counsel to the class. Mr. Linden and KM were lauded by the district judge for their “intelligence and hard work,” and for obtaining “an excellent result for the class.”
Mr. Linden is admitted to the New York State Bar, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Michigan and the District of Colorado. He graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1980) and from Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Additionally, Mr. Linden speaks German.
Prior to joining KM, Mr. Linden worked as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office from 1984 through October, 1990 where he served as a supervising attorney of the Office’s Economic Crimes Bureau. |
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