United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, giving remarks about the lawsuit, highlighted public criticism over Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s “exorbitant fees and technological failures” and stated that this lawsuit is “what...more
8/7/2024
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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that securities fraud claims seeking civil penalties must be decided by a jury...more
7/17/2024
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Financial Institutions ,
Jury Trial ,
Public Rights Doctrine ,
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SEC v Jarkesy ,
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Securities Regulation ,
Seventh Amendment
On February 18, 2021, the Fourth Circuit upheld a District Court’s first-of-its-kind divestiture order against Jeld-Wen Inc., which was seeking to overturn the lower court’s 2018 order requiring Jeld-Wen to spin off a factory...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice have changed two of their review processes. Earlier this week, the FTC and DOJ issued a joint...more
On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual increase of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more