Applying the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2398 (2014) (“Halliburton II”), which allowed companies facing securities fraud class actions to defeat certification...more
8/3/2015
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Basic v Levinson ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Construction Industry ,
Financial Markets ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Halliburton ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Loss Causation ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Stocks
Given the opportunity to overrule its landmark 1988 decision in Basic v. Levinson, in which it created the fraud-on-the-market presumption, the Supreme Court declined. The Court found in its decision this week in Halliburton...more
On November 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Halliburton case… again. While the Court’s original Halliburton decision concerned whether loss causation needs to be shown at the class certification stage...more
It has been 25 years since the Supreme Court announced the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988). Yet many courts, including the Supreme Court itself, continue to struggle...more