In the Traffic Monsoon litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that the enforcement provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act reach Traffic Monsoon’s sales to customers outside of the...more
5/8/2019
/ Cross-Border Transactions ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Morrison v National Australia Bank ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Exchange Act
Last week, executives of the now-defunct biotechnology company, Orexigen, filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking clarification of the duty to update under the federal securities laws. The...more
In Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., the Ninth Circuit clarified the “rare circumstances” when a court may review documents extraneous to the pleadings in ruling on a motion to dismiss. Given that it has become routine...more
The Toshiba Securities Litigation stems from alleged violations of the Exchange Act, as well as the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan, against Toshiba Corp., in connection with its alleged accounting fraud and...more
This case stems from alleged misstatement made by Volkswagen Group of America Finance (“VWGoAF”) in an Offering Memorandum governing the issuance of three sets of bonds. The bonds were offered in private placements with...more
5/25/2018
/ Bondholders ,
Bonds ,
Class Action ,
Direct Purchasers ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Investors ,
Material Misstatements ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Private Placements ,
R&D ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 144A ,
Scienter ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Volkswagen
LendingClub is facing two parallel securities litigation cases stemming from alleged false statements it made in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”). One case is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the...more
11/9/2017
/ Class Certification ,
Cyan Inc v Beaver Cty Emps Ret Fund ,
FRCP 12(b)(2) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
LendingClub ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Motion To Intervene ,
PLSRA ,
Private Offerings ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 11 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation
We have been following defendants’ motions to dismiss in the In re Lending Club Securities Litigation class action, No 3:16-cv-02627-WHA, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“the...more
6/22/2017
/ Federal Pleading Requirements ,
Financial Reporting ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Internal Controls ,
Lenders ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Omnicare v Laborers District Council ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Section 11 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholder Litigation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reversed the dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Harman International Industries Inc., holding that the “safe harbor” for forward looking statements did...more
8/4/2015
/ Boilerplate Language ,
Dismissals ,
Financial Reporting ,
Inadequate Warning ,
Institutional Investors ,
Misleading Statements ,
PSLRA ,
Reversal ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud
Introduction:
Congress passed the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a et seq. (Securities Act), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78a et seq. (Exchange Act, collectively, the Acts) following...more
In what amounted to a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 573 U.S. ___ (2014) that the presumption of reliance based on the fraud-on-the-market theory, first articulated in...more
In its 2010 Morrison decision, the Supreme Court decided that Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) (“Section 10(b)”),only reaches “transactions in securities listed on domestic exchanges”...more
I. Introduction -
a. Legislative history of the Securities Act of 19331 (“Securities Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 19342 (“Exchange Act” and collectively, the “Acts”).
..i. Congress passed the Acts...more