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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
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
In June of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a defendant can rebut the presumption of reliance at the class certification stage of a securities fraud class action by showing that the alleged misstatement did not...more
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
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
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
In this issue: - Recent Supreme Court Decisions Revise Rules for Stock Drop Cases - Hobby Lobby and the Questions Left Unanswered - Post-Amara Landscape Continues to Evolve - Supreme Court to...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Earlier this week the Supreme Court reaffirmed the validity of the “fraud-on-the-market” presumption of reliance that significantly eases the burden on investors in obtaining certification of private securities fraud class...more
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
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
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court saved securities class-action plaintiffs from their worst nightmare and upheld the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance in securities class actions filed under Section 10(b) of the...more
On Monday, the Supreme Court issues its heavily anticipated decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. As predicted in our prior alert about this case, the Court declined to overrule the "fraud on the market"...more