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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SCOTUS Remands Securities Class Action Back to the 2nd Circuit

On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System,1 vacating the 2nd Circuit’s previous decision and remanding for further consideration as to...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Supreme Court to Consider Securities Class Action Issue

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On December 11, 2020, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in a shareholder securities litigation against Goldman Sachs. On appeal, Goldman argues that federal securities law permits issuer defendants in...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Second Circuit Panel Rejects Attempt to Narrow Inflation-Maintenance Securities Fraud Theory; Splits on Decision to Affirm...

On April 7, in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a Second Circuit panel declined to narrow the scope of the inflation-maintenance theory of securities fraud and split 2-1 in affirming...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2018/ Volume 10 / Issue 1

This quarter's issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between November 2017 and January 2018. The cases address developing trends in appraisal, class certification, core...more

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies Class Certification Requirements in Significant Securities Class Action Decision

On July 7, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit offered significant guidance regarding the circuit’s class certification requirements in In re Petrobras Securities, No. 16-1914. In addressing an issue of...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Dueling Classes Dispute the Breadth of Released Claims in the Halliburton Securities Litigation

In the long-running Halliburton securities litigation, a dispute has arisen between two rival class proponents. While readers of this blog are no doubt familiar with The Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. case and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Near-Record Securities Litigation Filings Show No Signs of Slowing"

Plaintiffs filed 300 securities class actions in 2016 — a mark much higher than the annual average of 221 from 2011 to 2015 (as reported by NERA Economic Consulting). Indeed, the number of filings in 2016 was the...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

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

After Adopting the “Fraud-on-the-Market” Presumption of Reliance, Australia is Poised to Become a Plaintiff-Friendly Venue

The United States is a popular location for securities class actions, due in large part to its reputation as a generally plaintiff-friendly system. A key contributor to that reputation is the acceptance of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Conversations: Securities Litigation"

From the impacts of U.S. Supreme Court Omnicare and Halliburton cases to the uptick in Securities Act class actions, litigation partners Scott Musoff and Susan Saltzstein discuss the latest securities litigation developments....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts: An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - November 2015 / Volume 7 / Issue 4

We are pleased to present Inside the Courts (Volume 7, Issue 4), Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter. This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts: An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2015 / Volume 7 / Issue 3

This issue of Inside the Courts, Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter, includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2015 and August 2015. The cases address...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Update: Judge Scheindlin Grants Summary Judgment Against Class Member

We previously reported on what we thought at the time were “unusual” arguments from Vivendi Universal, S.A. (“Vivendi”) in its summary judgment motion in opposition to the recovery of certain class-action members in the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The Ten Most Significant Class Action Cases of 2014

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Year-end lists are funny things. They take a sort-of arbitrary starting and stopping point, and then they cram a bunch of prejudices into a (usually) arbitrary number of items. And then people take them kind of seriously....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Supreme Court Declines to Overrule the Presumption of Reliance in Securities Class Actions - Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John...

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. Halliburton called into question the very foundation of a securities class action—the presumption...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fraud-on-the-Market Lives On: Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.

On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., __U.S. __(2014), 2014 WL__ (U.S. June 23, 2014) ("Halliburton II"). In this widely anticipated decision, the...more

Morgan Lewis

Halliburton II Upholds Basic Presumption

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The Supreme Court upholds the fraud-on-the-market presumption but allows defendants to rebut the presumption at the class certification stage. On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Beyond Basic: Supreme Court’s Halliburton Ruling Strengthens Defenses in Securities Fraud Class Actions

Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (U.S. June 23, 2014), the most anticipated securities decision since its landmark ruling over 25 years ago in Basic, Inc....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Provides New Ammunition for Defeating Securities Fraud Class Actions

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The U.S. Supreme Court today gave companies new ammunition to defeat securities fraud class actions. In Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, the Court held that defendants can, at the preliminary class certification stage,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Halliburton: Assessing Its Impact on Securities Class Actions

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The Supreme Court declined to scrap the way in which securities class actions are typically brought in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, No. 13-317 (Decided June 23, 2014). At the same time it may have rewritten the...more

Cozen O'Connor

An Investor Class Scrambles to Save Its Event Study (and its Claims)

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At some point in a securities fraud case, the plaintiffs are going to have to prove “loss causation” – proof that the alleged misrepresentation caused the drop in the price of the relevant security. They often do this...more

Carlton Fields

Securities Class Actions Receive Increased Scrutiny: District Court Applies “Stringent Standards” Of Dukes And Comcast To Deny...

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently denied certification of a putative securities law class after finding that plaintiff failed to put forth actual facts showing adequacy and...more

Cozen O'Connor

Back to Basic? Big Changes Could Be Coming to a Securities Class Action Near You

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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard the highly-anticipated oral argument in Hallburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. Prior to the argument, there was a growing consensus that the Court was likely going to overturn...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Supreme Court Signals It May Level the Playing Field in Securities Class Actions

During last week’s oral argument in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (“Halliburton II”), the Supreme Court justices sent a strong signal that they would not overrule Basic, but may seek to strengthen...more

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