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Securities Exchange Act › 16(b)

The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange... more +
The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is the primary regulatory agency enforcing federal securities laws. less -
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Second Circuit Addresses Disgorgement of Short-Swing Profits by Hedge Funds and Their Investment Advisers

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On November 23, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion by Judge Jon O. Newman in Packer v. Raging Capital Management, reversing a magistrate judge’s summary judgment order that had found Raging Capital...more

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Second Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment That Had Required Investment Advisor's Customer To Disgorge Short-Swing Profits

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On November 23, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a grant of summary judgment to the plaintiff in a derivative action seeking disgorgement of alleged “short-swing profits” in an action...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Second Circuit Gives Guidance on Section 16 “Short-Swing” Profits with Possible Implications for Hedge Funds

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On May 20, 2020, the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Section 16 “short-swing profit” claims against the client of an investment advisory firm that was itself subject to Section 16(b) liability.  Rubenstein v. Int’l...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Second Circuit Holds Section 16 Plaintiff Needs to Identify an Issuer-Specific Agreement to Establish Creation of a Group Among...

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- The 2nd Circuit has affirmed two lower court decisions dismissing complaints alleging violations of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act. In so holding, the 2nd Circuit ruled that an investment advisor’s client does...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Finance Alert: Second Circuit Upholds District Court’s Facebook Lock-Up Ruling: Underwriters Not Subject to Group...

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On November 3, 2016, in Lowinger v. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld a district court finding that customary initial public offering (IPO) lock-up agreements do not render parties...more

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