In Max Royal LLC v. Atieva, Inc., No. 23-16049, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 19910 (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action brought by...more
8/16/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Dismissals ,
Investors ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
In Flood v. Synutra Int’l, Inc., No. 101, 2018, 2018 Del. LEXIS 460 (Del. Oct. 9, 2018), the Delaware Supreme Court (Strine, C.J.) held that a controlling stockholder who pursues a merger with the controlled company will have...more
10/18/2018
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Breach of Duty ,
Bright-Line Rule ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Buyouts ,
Class Action ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Due Care ,
Duty of Care ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Mergers ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Shareholder Litigation
In Varjabedian v. Emulex Corp., No. 16-55088, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10000 (9th Cir. Apr. 20, 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit split from the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits to...more
4/27/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Class Action ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dismissals ,
False Statements ,
Financial Adviser ,
Negligence ,
Pleading Standards ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scienter ,
Section 17(a) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation
In O’Donnell v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., No. 17-cv-1085, 2018 WL 1720808 (2d Cir. Apr. 10, 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed an order dismissing a variable annuity...more
4/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
Cross Motions ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Remand ,
Omissions ,
Reversal ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA
In Gordon v. Verizon Communications, Inc., No. 653084/13, 2017 WL 442871 (N.Y. App. Div. Feb. 2, 2017), the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department (the “First Department”),...more
3/3/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Class Action ,
Disclosure Settlement ,
Mergers ,
Non-Monetary Payments ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Settlement ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Standard of Review ,
Verizon
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
5/9/2016
/ Best Buy ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Financial Markets ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Material Misstatements ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Stock Prices
In In re Sanofi Securities Litigation, No. 15-588-cv, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 4107 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of class action complaints alleging that...more
In Arduini v. Hart, 2014 WL 7156764 (9th Cir. Dec. 17, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered whether the doctrine of issue preclusion prevents a stockholder from relitigating a prior...more
In Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317, __ S Ct. __, 2014 WL 2807181 (U.S. June 23, 2014), the United States Supreme Court refused to overturn the landmark decision Basic v. Levinson, but ruled that...more
In Yates v. Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, No. 12-2496 (4th Cir. Mar. 7, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud claim under Section 10(b) of the...more
In re Kosmos Energy Ltd. Securities Litigation, No. 3:12-CV-373-B, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36365 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 19, 2014), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Boyle, J.) denied lead plaintiff’s...more
In Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice, Nos. 12-79, 12-86 and 12-88, 2014 U.S. LEXIS 1644 (U.S. Feb. 26, 2014), the Supreme Court of the United States resolved a split in the circuits regarding whether alleged misrepresentations...more
In Indiana State District Council of Laborers & Hod Carriers Pension & Welfare Fund v. Omnicare, Inc., 2013 WL 2248970 (6th Cir. May 23, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a claim...more
In Levitt v. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., No. 10-4596, 2013 WL 1007678 (2d Cir. Mar. 15, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court order certifying a class of shareholder...more
In Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, ___ WL ______ (U.S. Feb. 27, 2013), the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...more
In Freeman Investments, LP v. Pacific Life Insurance Co., No. 09-55513, 2013 WL 11884 (9th Cir. Jan 2, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act...more