Spiraling fears over the coronavirus and the multiplication of virus outbreaks across the globe have impacted the worldwide economy, threatened supply chains, and caused severe stock market declines and disruptions in the...more
3/13/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Infectious Diseases ,
MD&A Statements ,
PSLRA ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Supply Chain
The United States Supreme Court’s June 11, 2018 decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, clarified the scope of a decades-old equitable tolling rule for class actions, holding that the Court’s 1974 opinion in American Pipe &...more
6/14/2018
/ American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah ,
Appeals ,
China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Equitable Tolling ,
FRCP 23 ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation
On December 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action against Galectin Therapeutics Inc., a Georgia-based biotechnology company. The suit...more
12/21/2016
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Markets ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Securities ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Stock Promoters ,
Stocks ,
Third-Party Agents