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Joni Jacobsen

Joni Jacobsen

Dechert LLP


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Delaware Supreme Court in Pyott Reverses Chancery Court Ruling That Collateral Estoppel Does Not Apply in Certain Shareholder...

The Delaware Supreme Court in Pyott v. Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System reversed on April 4 a controversial ruling by the Chancery Court that a California federal court’s dismissal with prejudice of a...more

4/17/2013

SCOTUS Ruling in Amgen Case Allows Plaintiffs to Certify Securities Classes Without Proving Materiality

In Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, 568 U.S. ___ (2013), decided on February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that, in a case...more

3/4/2013 - Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans Class Action Class Certification Fraud-on-the-Market SCOTUS Split of Authority

Defending Section 162(m) Executive Compensation Derivative Suits in the United States

Decisions regarding executive compensation fall squarely within the discretion of a public company’s board of directors. Recently, however, plaintiffs’ firms have been trying to invade the board’s purview by bringing...more

2/12/2013 - Board of Directors Business Judgment Rule Derivative Suit Executive Compensation Fiduciary Duty Section 162(m) Shareholder Litigation

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