Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Gaming Company’s Regulatory Delays Insufficient to Give Rise to a Securities Fraud Claim

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed securities fraud claims against WMS Industries (WMS), a gaming and slot machine manufacturer, and certain of its executives, holding that a would-be class...more

Another Securities Case For The Supreme Court. Next Up: Ponzi Scheme Cases

Agreeing to take up yet another securities case, the Supreme Court granted cert on January 18 in three related appeals arising out of the alleged multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme involving R. Allen Stanford’s Stanford...more

Decline in Securities Class Action Filings in 2012: What It Doesn’t Mean

For most readers of this blog, it is now old news that securities class action filings were down in 2012, especially in the second half of the year – this was extensively discussed and examined over the last several weeks by...more

The United States Supreme Court Will Review the Scope of Federal Preclusion of State Securities Claims

On January 18, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit split concerning the extent to which the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLUSA”) preempts state law claims...more