This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between July and October 2020.
Class Certification
- Cryptocurrency – Definition of a Security
- Derivative...more
12/11/2020
/ Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Derivative Suit ,
EBITDA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excessive Fees ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Loss Causation ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Material Misstatements ,
Mergers ,
Pleading Standards ,
PSLRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Standing ,
Whistleblowers
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May and August 2019....more
10/2/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Appraisal Rights ,
Board of Directors ,
Books & Records ,
Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Corwin Doctrine ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Deal Price ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excessive Fees ,
Fair Value Standard ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Forfeiture ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Market Manipulation ,
Materiality ,
Mergers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Offering Documents ,
Omissions ,
Pleading Standards ,
Popular ,
Scienter ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Standing
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2018 and August 2018....
US Supreme Court -
Supreme Court Holds That SEC Administrative Law Judges...more
9/28/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Appraisal ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Certification ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Deal Price ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Statements ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Insider Trading ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Pleading Standards ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
TRO
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2017 and August 2017....more
9/28/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Appraisal ,
CalPERS ,
CalPERS v ANZ Securities ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Materiality ,
Mergers ,
PLSRA ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations
This issue of Inside the Courts, Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter, includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2015 and August 2015. The cases address...more
10/8/2015
/ Appraisal Rights ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Demand Futility ,
Derivative Suit ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dismissals ,
False Statements ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Insider Trading ,
Janus Capital Group ,
Loss Causation ,
Offering Documents ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pleading Standards ,
PLSRA ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Safe Harbors ,
Scienter ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Statute of Limitations
In This Issue:
- U.S. SUPREME COURT:
..Gelboim v. Bank of Am. Corp., No. 13-1174 (U.S. Jan. 21, 2015)
- DEMAND FUTILITY:
..Arduini v. Hart, No. 12-15750 (9th Cir. Dec. 17, 2014)
- EXCHANGE...more
In This Issue:
- AUDITOR LIABILITY:
..Athale v. Sinotech Energy Ltd., No. 11 Civ. 05831(AJN) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2014)
- BYLAWS:
..ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund (German Tennis...more
5/30/2014
/ Appeals ,
Auditors ,
Bylaws ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Insider Trading ,
Professional Liability ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Scienter ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds that a securities fraud plaintiff alleging fraud on the market need not establish the...more
2/27/2013
/ Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans ,
Burden of Proof ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
False Statements ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Insider Trading ,
Materiality ,
Pleadings ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud
This issue of Inside the Courts, Skadden's securities litigation newsletter, includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected noteworthy cases principally decided from July to November 2012. This edition addresses...more
1/7/2013
/ Annual Meeting ,
Auditors ,
Burden of Proof ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Demand Futility ,
Derivatives ,
Directors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Loss Doctrine ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Loss Causation ,
Materiality ,
Misrepresentation ,
Pleadings ,
PLSRA ,
RMBS ,
Scienter ,
Shareholders ,
Underwriting