A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s class certification in the decade-long Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group litigation regarding...more
8/18/2023
/ Appeals ,
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Governance ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
Investors ,
Policies and Procedures ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Back in June, we analyzed the Supreme Court’s decision in Goldman Sachs Group v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, which examined the extent to which a corporation’s arguably generic public statements could form the basis...more
In April, we analyzed whether a corporation’s purely generic public statements on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues could form the basis of a subsequent securities fraud action. At the time, we identified a...more
6/29/2021
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders