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Securities Fraud Short Selling

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DOJ & SEC Bring Enforcement Actions Against Short Sellers, Highlighting Continued Prevalence of Short Selling Against Public...

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced parallel actions against an activist short seller and his firm, charging them with multiple counts of securities fraud....more

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Southern District Of New York Dismisses Securities Short Selling Claims Against Broker-Dealers, Allowing Spoofing Claims To...

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On February 9, 2022, Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the Southern District of New York denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss a securities fraud action asserting claims related to alleged spoofing and short...more

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Trial Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Complaint for Insufficient "Evidence" The Case of Nektar Therapeutics, Inc.

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Introduction - Pleading requirements in federal courts, particularly in securities class action cases, have become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to satisfy....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Allegations in Whistleblower Complaint May Be Corrective Disclosure, but Short-Seller Posts Are Not

On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action in a decision that provides additional guidance concerning the standard for pleading loss...more

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Publicly Traded Companies Continue to Face High Volume of Securities Fraud Cases as Markets Tumble

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Recent tumultuous markets seem to have brought with them a continued flurry of stock drop cases, including five that were filed last week alone in New York, New Jersey, and California. The putative class actions, which seek...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New York Court Dismisses Public Company’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Short Sellers

• On March 8, 2019, New York State Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen dismissed a defamation action brought by Eros International plc, an Indian media company, against multiple short sellers who had questioned the accuracy...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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Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 1.15.16

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Goldman Sachs is ready to close a major lingering chapter of financial-crisis-era litigation, announcing yesterday that it’s agreed to a civil settlement of $5 billion to resolve claims related to its “marketing and selling...more

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