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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies How Price Impact Can Be Rebutted at the Class Certification Stage in Securities Fraud Class Actions

Last month, in Arkansas Teachers Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., the Second Circuit vacated the Southern District of New York’s order certifying a class in a Rule 10b-5 securities fraud class action. At issue...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

2016 Year In Review: Securities Litigation And Regulation

2016 was an active year in securities litigation. In the first half of 2016 alone, plaintiffs filed 119 new federal class action securities cases. It was also a busy year for SEC enforcement proceedings, with a record 868...more

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Second Circuit Accepts Controversial “Inflation-Maintenance” Theory of Securities Fraud Liability

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In so-called “price maintenance” securities fraud cases, plaintiffs argue that a misrepresentation that does not cause a stock’s price to rise can nevertheless be actionable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange of...more

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Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court for Ignoring Price-Impact Evidence That Rebutted the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption and...

In IBEW Local 98 Pension Fund v. Best Buy Co., Inc., No. 14-3178 (8th Cir. Apr. 12, 2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held, in a Rule 10b-5 securities fraud action, that the district court...more

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Barclays Bids to Halt High-Frequency Trading Class Action in Its Tracks

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A high-profile class action against Barclays over so-called high-frequency trading is heading into a key phase this month, with the court set to decide plaintiffs’ motion for class certification—a pivotal moment in the case’s...more

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District Court Follows Supreme Court’s Lead in Halliburton, Allows Class Action to Proceed with Narrowed Factual Scope

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Applying the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2398 (2014) (“Halliburton II”), which allowed companies facing securities fraud class actions to defeat certification...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Rebutting the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption in Securities Class Actions: Halliburton Class Certified Over Price Impact...

On July 25, 2015, Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas issued a formative opinion in the class actions securities arena. The case, The Erica P. John Fund, Inc., et al. v. Halliburton Co., et al., No....more

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2014 SCOTUS Term: Important Developments in the Class-Action Arena

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In This Issue: - Those Who Provide Investment Advice on Unsecured Securities Are Subject to Class Actions - A “Mass Action” Under the Class Action Fairness Act Requires at Least 100 Individual Plaintiffs ...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Supreme Court approves a new tool to defeat class certification in federal securities fraud cases brought in the Fifth Circuit...

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The Supreme Court decision in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 2398 (2014) concerns a federal securities fraud class action. The case was appealed from the Fifth Circuit. In Haliburton, the Supreme Court...more

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11th Circuit Opts For Flexibility over Predictability in Securities Fraud Class Actions

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Securities fraud class actions tend to be battles that come to a head at the class certification stage. If the plaintiff group can certify a class, a large settlement often follows. If class certification fails, the case...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Recent Halliburton Decision on Securities Litigation

On June 23, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. In Halliburton, the Court declined to overrule Basic v. Levinson, but rather imposed limitations on the...more

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Halliburton: Although Basic Stands, Companies May Thwart Certification of Securities Class Actions by Rebutting the Presumption of...

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The highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 573 U. S. ____ (2014) (June 23, 2014) left intact the fraud-on-the-market theory established by the Supreme Court in Basic Inc....more

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The Impact of Halliburton on Directors and Officers Insurance

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Over the past year, directors and officers have been anticipating the Supreme Court’s ruling in Halliburton Co. et al. v. Erica John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317. In its recent 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court retained the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Supreme Court’s Halliburton Decision Opens New Line of Defense

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In Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., a rebuttable presumption must yield to the evidence at class certification. On June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court sustained the “fraud-on-the-market”...more

K&L Gates LLP

Halliburton II: Supreme Court Upholds Fraud on the Market Presumption, but Gives Securities Defendants a Fighting Chance at...

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On June 23, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund. The Court had accepted Halliburton for review to consider whether to overrule or substantially modify its...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Supreme Court Decides Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.

On June 23, the Supreme Court in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. held that a securities class action defendant may introduce evidence at the class certification stage to rebut the presumption that an alleged...more

Troutman Pepper

Halliburton II: Recognizing Costs to Companies, Justices Provide Securities Litigation Defendants New Opportunity to Defeat Class...

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On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, No. 13-317, __ U.S. __ (2014), slip op. (U.S. June 23, 2014) (Halliburton II), holding that defendants in a class action securities...more

Cooley LLP

Back to Basic: The Supreme Court Revisits a Landmark Securities Case and Eases Its Impact on Defendants

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On June 23, the Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (U.S. June 23, 2014). The Court declined Halliburton's invitation to eliminate the fraud-on-the-market...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Releases Two Major Securities Opinions

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica B. John Fund, Inc., (U.S., No. 13-317)( Halliburton II), and for a second time vacated a decision by the Fifth Circuit on whether the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Halliburton: Assessing its Impact on Securities Class Actions

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On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., declining to overrule the holding in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988), which allows investors in...more

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Supreme Court Ruling in Halliburton II is a Partial Win for Defendants Facing Securities Class Actions

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Yesterday, in its decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a partial win for defendants, that a defendant in putative securities class action may introduce evidence at the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Halliburton Decision May Drive Up Litigation Costs and Impact Settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. is not the game changer for securities litigation that some hoped for, but D&O insurers will be keeping a close eye on securities cases...more

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Basic Is Dying a Slow Death: The Supreme Court Upholds the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption in Halliburton but Allows Rebuttal

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Given the opportunity to overrule its landmark 1988 decision in Basic v. Levinson, in which it created the fraud-on-the-market presumption, the Supreme Court declined. The Court found in its decision this week in Halliburton...more

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Halliburton: SCOTUS Reaffirms Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption, Allows Attack at Class Cert Stage

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On Monday the Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317, 2014 WL 2807181 (U.S. June 23, 2014), rejecting all pleas to overturn the fraud-on-the-market...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending June 27, 2014)

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The Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated decision in Halliburton. While the Court declined to overrule Basic and its presumption of reliance based on the fraud-on-the-market theory, it did alter existing practice....more

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