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This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more
Ending a more than 15-year-long legal battle, the Fifth Circuit on May 24, 2019, unanimously affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action against subsidiaries of UBS AG, alleging violations of U.S. securities laws for...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a case brought by investors alleging a company violated certain securities laws by issuing a false registration statement in conjunction with its IPO. In the...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed this putative class action brought against Match Group for alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 related to the company’s 2015 initial public offering (IPO)....more
In the spring of this year, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, 135 S.Ct. 1318 (2015), resolving a circuit split regarding the...more
The Supreme Court defined the circumstances under which liability can be imposed for opinion statements under Securities Act Section 11. Specifically, the Court held that such liability could be imposed on two theories: One...more
On Monday, November 3, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, No. 13-435. As noted in our previous client alert regarding this case,...more
Americans take as given the right to hold and express opinions. So it may come as a surprise to many that the federal securities laws impose civil liability for statements of opinion. It may be even more surprising that...more