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Congress Should Change Agency In-House Courts’ Lax Evidence Rules

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WilmerHale partners say the evidentiary standards that in-house agency courts use are more relaxed than the Federal Rules of Evidence, leading to questions of fundamental fairness in the results. Congress should change this,...more

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The SEC Investigation Process: An Overview

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates companies, brokerage firms, and individuals for a broad range of statutory and regulatory violations. These investigations can lead to civil or administrative...more

Hogan Lovells

2019 crisis leadership in review

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What starts online won't stop there - There aren't many college basketball games that change the share price of a Fortune 100 company. But in February 2019, Duke University freshman star Zion Williamson blew out one of his...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Discusses Affirmation of Criminal Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case in which the defendant appealed his criminal conviction for wire fraud, money laundering, and securities fraud claiming the government failed to prove fraudulent...more

Bennett Jones LLP

US $2.6-Billion Fraud Judgment Awarded Against Former Sino-Forest CEO

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On March 14, 2018, the Honourable Justice Penny of the Ontario Superior Court (Commercial List Division) released a decision granting a US$2.6-billion judgment to the SFC Litigation Trust for fraud and breach of fiduciary...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies Venue Requirements for Securities Fraud

On August 15, 2016, the Second Circuit issued a rare opinion on the subject of the sufficiency of evidence to establish venue in United States v. Lange, No. 14-2442-cr (Jacobs, Chin, Droney). ...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Mine Your Own Business: Multinational Mining Company Seeks Protection Of Alleged Trade Secrets During Discovery

Last week, multinational mining giant Rio Tinto asked a federal court in Manhattan to shield its document disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from the public eye....more

Butler Snow LLP

The Fifth Circuit Rules Findings from SEC Civil Investigation are Admissible Evidence at Trial

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals appears to have handed white collar defendants a new tool for trial. In United States v. Gluk, — F.3d —-, 2016 WL 4150901 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2016), the court held that a little-noticed...more

Smith Anderson

Documents Speak Louder Than Words in Securities Fraud Suit

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The Eastern District of North Carolina recently granted summary judgment for the defendant in a securities fraud action, holding that the plaintiff had failed to prove either scienter or reliance where alleged verbal...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Securities Fraud Class Certification, Remands for Evidence to Rebut Presumption of Market Efficiency

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In Local 703 v. Regions Financial Corp., No. 12:14168 (Aug. 6, 2014), the Eleventh Circuit reviewed the certification of a securities fraud class action brought by investors against Regions for allegedly misrepresenting its...more

Polsinelli

This Article Will Self-Destruct: Your Employee’s Use of These ESI-Destroying Apps Could Subject You to Sanctions

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In This Issue: - Can You Keep a Secret? There’s an App for That - Do Snapchat or Confide Produce “Documents” in the Eyes of the Law? What about Evidence? - Implications on Securities Fraud and Employment Issues ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Third Circuit Holds that District Court Improperly Excluded Expert Testimony in Securities Fraud Case

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently reversed a district court’s decision to exclude expert testimony in a case involving allegations of securities fraud. The court distinguished the loss causation and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Southern District Rejects Evidence from "Confidential Witnesses" as Basis for Securities Class Action

A securities class action lawsuit against Canadian Solar, Inc. (CSI) was recently dismissed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for failing to adequately plead the required elements of a federal...more

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