Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct; S.D.N.Y Grants Plaintiffs’ Partial Summary Judgment in Securities Class Action Against Perrigo; SPAC Investors Launch...more
7/29/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Board of Directors ,
Books & Records ,
Class Action ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Dismissals ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
False Statements ,
Information Requests ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Misleading Statements ,
Misrepresentation ,
Omissions ,
Partial Summary Judgments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Section 220 Request ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Shareholders ,
Short Selling ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
SCOTUS Vacates Class Certification In Suit Against Goldman Sachs And Clarifies Appropriate Scope Of Price Impact Evidence; Stockholders Strike $110 Million Settlement In Suit Alleging Breaches Of Fiduciary Duties By Former...more
7/27/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Aiding and Abetting ,
Anti-Fraud Provisions ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Cybersecurity ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Moneygram ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Shareholders ,
Vacated ,
Wire Fraud
A Win for Deal Certainty, Delaware Court of Chancery Orders Closing of Cake Supplier Acquisition; Under Armour to Pay $9M to Settle SEC Charges Involving Disclosure Failures; First Circuit Upholds Decision Applying Federal...more
5/19/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Buyers ,
Buyouts ,
Cease and Desist ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Debt Financing ,
Dismissals ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Investment ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Investors ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Partial Summary Judgments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Sellers ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Solicitation
Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence is Required for Each Putative Class Member; District Judge Approves Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny...more
5/5/2021
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Best Execution ,
Bribery ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Evidence ,
Exelon Generation ,
False Statements ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Investors ,
Lobbying ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Negligence ,
Omissions ,
Papa Murphys ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proxy Statements ,
PSLRA ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Remand ,
Retail Investors ,
Reversal ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scienter ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
TD Ameritrade
In many ways, 2020 was an unprecedented year. In midMarch, the United States abruptly went into lockdown as coronavirus cases began to spike; a national emergency was declared, travel bans and gathering restrictions were...more
4/28/2021
/ Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Dismissals ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Statements ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Misleading Statements ,
Omissions ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Stock Prices
Massachusetts Superior Court BLS Finds No Duty to Disclose Alleged Preliminary Merger Discussions, Northern District of California Declines to Dismiss Oracle Fraud Class Action Suit, SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Goldman...more
4/7/2021
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Production ,
Business Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collateralized Debt Obligations ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fraud ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
MetLife ,
Misleading Statements ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Oracle ,
Oral Argument ,
Pensions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Prices
New York Federal Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Alkermes for Lack of Fraudulent Intent; Fourth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Denial of Leave to File Amended Complaint Against Triangle Capital as Futile;...more
3/11/2021
/ Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
D&O Insurance ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Dismissals ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Scienter ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Securities Violations ,
Subpoenas ,
Work-Product Doctrine
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Illinois Federal Judge Finds COVID-19, Not TD Ameritrade, Responsible for Losses; Supreme Court to Address Scope and Application of Basic Presumption of Classwide Reliance in Securities Class Actions;...more
1/4/2021
/ Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collateralized Debt Obligations ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Dismissals ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Investors ,
Leave to Amend ,
Misleading Statements ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Remand ,
Section 220 Request ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
TD Ameritrade ,
Twitter
Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Against Gilead in Books and Records Action; Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Securities Fraud Suit Alleging Chinese Education Company Engaged in Sham Transactions; Third Circuit Grants...more
12/4/2020
/ Books & Records ,
Breach of Duty ,
Dismissals ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Sham Transactions ,
Vacated ,
Writ of Mandamus