This issue of Inside the Courts, Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter, includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2015 and August 2015. The cases address...more
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit last week reversed a $2.46 billion judgment in a long-running securities-fraud class action against Household International and granted a new trial on limited issues. The opinion...more
This case involved a civil enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against certain public relations companies and their principals, alleging violations of—among other things—Section 17(a) of the...more
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawyer’s habeas petition, finding that Janus Capital Group Inc. v. First Derivative Traders, a US Supreme Court case...more