Hausfeld Announces $120M Settlement with Barclays

November 13, 2015 (Washington, DC) – Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to handling complex litigation, announced today that the Over-The-Counter (“OTC”) Plaintiffs in In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, 11-md-2262 (S.D.N.Y.) have reached a $120 million settlement with Barclays Bank plc. In addition to the substantial monetary compensation, Barclays has agreed to cooperate with the OTC Plaintiffs in their continued litigation against the other bank defendants.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Chairman of Hausfeld, praised the settlement: “The settlement with Barclays, which comes over four years after the case was first filed, not only represents an important breakthrough in resolving this long-running litigation, it also provides significant monetary recovery and cooperation that will benefit the victims of the banks’ conduct.”

The LIBOR litigation stretches back to 2011, when the City of Baltimore and other purchasers filed lawsuits against Barclays and other international banks alleging that they conspired to artificially suppress the U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate during the financial crisis. In June 2012, Barclays admitted to manipulating LIBOR in settlements with U.S. and U.K. regulators. The settlement with the OTC Plaintiffs was achieved shortly before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on whether the plaintiffs’ antitrust claims should be reinstated after they were dismissed by the trial court.

Hausfeld attorneys working on the case are Michael D. Hausfeld, William P. Butterfield, Hilary K. Scherrer, and Nathaniel C. Giddings. Hausfeld is co-lead counsel for the OTC Plaintiffs with Susman Godfrey LLP.

 

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