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Massey shareholder lawsuit grows as CalSTRS joins legal action

June 09, 2010

Court requires additional proxy statement disclosures in PLATO Learning, Inc. merger

May 19, 2010

Delaware Court of Chancery issues opinion regarding proposed merger between PLATO Learning, Inc. and Thoma Bravo, LLC

May 19, 2010

Motley Rice proud to be named to the 2009 SCAS 50 list in recognition of securities litigation work

April 15, 2010

Practice Areas

Securities & Consumer Fraud

Licensed In

MA, NY, SC

Admitted to Practice Before

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2004

B.A./B.S. magna cum laude, University of South Carolina, 2001

South Carolina

William S. Norton
Associate Attorney

William S. Norton

Bill Norton litigates securities fraud, shareholder derivative, mergers and acquisitions, consumer fraud and general commercial matters. He has represented public pension funds, investment companies, banks and private investors before federal and state courts around the country and currently represents clients in litigation that includes: In re Allion Healthcare, Inc. Shareholders Litigation; In re Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Shareholders Litigation; In Re Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Securities Litigation; Bennet v. Sprint Nextel Corp.; In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law & Insurance Litigation; and In re Vivendi Universal, S.A. Securities Litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Bill was an associate in the New York office of an international law firm, where he practiced securities litigation.

While in law school, Bill served as an Editor of the Boston University Law Review, as a law clerk in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and represented asylum seekers at Greater Boston Legal Services. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of South Carolina Honors College.

Bill is a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the New York State Bar Association and the Charleston County Bar Association.