Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP

Litigation over defaulted municipal bonds

In re Heritage Bond Litigation 546 F.3d 667 (9th Cir 2008): Represented trust company in the defense of multiple class actions and individual cases, in federal and state courts, alleging claims on different theories arising out of defaulted municipal bonds, including cases consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in which actual damages in excess of $150 million were alleged.  Appeal involved the scope of bar orders issued by the trial court.