Second Circuit Rejects Application Of "Bespeaks Caution" Doctrine To Statement Containing Both Historical And Forward-Looking Elements

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In Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System v. MF Global, Ltd., No. 09-3919, 2010 WL 3547602 (2d Cir. Sept. 14, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the dismissal of plaintiffs’ securities fraud claims and remanded the case to the district court, holding that the district court applied the “bespeaks caution” doctrine erroneously to statements that contained both present and future elements. This decision provides guidance as well to the application in the Second Circuit of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-5.

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