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Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC v. Binance: BUSD, BNB, and Simple Earn—a Closer Look

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On June 28, 2024, in SEC v. Binance Holdings Limited, et al., the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion & Order on the defendants’ motions to dismiss the SEC’s charges against them. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Review 2nd Circuit Decision That Syndicated Term Loans Are Not Securities

On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal brought by the trustee of the Millennium Lender Claim Trust challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s August 2023 decision, in which...more

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Judge Rules That Terraform’s Crypto Assets are Securities

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Last year, the Court in SEC v. Terraform Labs suggested, by denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss, that the sale of a digital asset to the public on a secondary market may constitute a security. Now, the Court has...more

Cornerstone Research

Opt-Outs in Securities Class Action Settlements More Likely in Recent Years, Especially for Large and Complex Cases

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The percentage of securities class action settlements with at least one putative class member opting out has increased in recent years, according to a new report by Cornerstone Research in conjunction with Latham & Watkins...more

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One Shining Moment – Basketball Trading Cards or Securities?

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On February 22, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in a 64-page opinion, denied a motion to dismiss filed by Dapper Labs, Inc., the developer behind the NBA Top Shot NFT platform,...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Fifth Circuit Revives Securities Class Action Against Six Flags

Last week, the Fifth Circuit reversed a decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas that had dismissed a class action against Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. The complaint in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - April 2019

In this issue, we examine the release of the much-anticipated Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) guidance for analyzing how U.S. federal securities laws apply to initial coin offerings, the...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies the Definition of “Participating in or Aiding” Securities Fraud

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In a recent landmark decision, the Ohio Supreme Court declared that R.C. 1707.43 does not impose joint and several liability on a custodian of a self-directed individual retirement account (IRA) that purchased illegal...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Non-Use Agreement Need Not Precede Disclosure of Confidential Information

A Pennsylvania federal court held yesterday that an agreement not to use confidential inside information for trading purposes need not precede the receipt of that information in order to create liability under the...more

Burr & Forman

6th Circuit Orders Pay-to-Play Challenge to Merits Panel

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The Sixth Circuit this week declined the SEC’s request to dismiss a Constitutional challenge to the new MSRB pay-to-play rules.  Instead, the Court ordered the case to a merits panel for consideration.  The Republican parties...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

SDNY Refuses to Dismiss Executive’s Dodd-Frank Retaliation Claim

On August 24, 2016, the Southern District of New York denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss a Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claim brought by its former co-CEO and Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors, finding...more

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Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Suit To Vacate FINRA Arbitration Award

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This case involved an underlying arbitration before an arbitration panel operating under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) rules, which was brought by Judith and Kenneth Goldman against their financial...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

UPDATE: Challenges to Standing of Petrobras Opt-Out Plaintiffs Denied

As a follow-up to our October 15 discussion about challenges to the standing of certain opt-out plaintiffs in the In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, No. 14-cv-9662 (S.D.N.Y.) consolidated litigation, Judge Rakoff has...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Massachusetts Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Insider Trading Indictment

The US District Court of Massachusetts in U.S. v. McPhail, et. al., Case No. 1:14-cr-10201, 2015 WL 2226249 (D. Mass. May 12, 2015), denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss an insider trading indictment in the wake of the...more

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Successful Motions to Dismiss Securities Class Actions, A Review of What Worked in 2014

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Motions to dismiss have been called “the main event” in securities class actions. They are filed in over 90% of securities class actions and they result in dismissal close to 50% of the time they are filed. In contrast, out...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Ally Financial’s Motions to Dismiss FHFA Claims Granted in Part

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On December 19, 2012, Judge Denise Cote of the federal district court for the Southern District of New York decided motions to dismiss FHFA’s action against Ally Financial and underwriters of Residential Capital securities....more

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