Peter Morrison on Securities Litigation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - February 2025

Key Points - - In 2024, securities litigation remained consistent with historical averages, with a slight increase in core filings and cases related to COVID-19 and artificial intelligence. - The U.S. Supreme Court had an...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2024

Key Points - - During its 2024 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to provide important guidance on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act’s (PSLRA’s) particularity requirement in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - October 2024

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Insider Trading Claims Against Satellite Operator Investors Based on Stock Sales After FCC Chairman Vote - In re Silver Lake Grp., LLC Sec. Litig. (9th Cir. July 24, 2024) What to...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2024

Spotlight - Macquarie Ruling Raises the Bar for Securities Fraud Claims - Key Points - - On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed and vacated the Second Circuit’s decision in Macquarie...more

5/23/2024 / Acquisitions , Commercial Litigation , Cryptocurrency , Entertainment Industry , Financial Institutions , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP , Media , Mergers , Publicly-Traded Companies , Real Estate Market , Retail Market , SCOTUS , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Securities Regulation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - February 2024

Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more

3/5/2024 / Class Action , Corporate Governance , Digital Assets , Educational Institutions , Energy Sector , Entertainment Industry , Financial Services Industry , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP , Media , Publicly-Traded Companies , Retailers , SCOTUS , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Litigation , Securities Regulation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide before the end of its current term whether the failure to make a disclosure pursuant to Item 303 of Regulation S-K can serve as the basis for a securities fraud claim under Section...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2023

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Analyzing the Recent Ripple and Terraform Decisions - Key Points - - In July 2023, Judges Torres and Rakoff in the Southern District of New York issued rulings on whether digital asset sales...more

9/15/2023 / Acquisitions , Enforcement Actions , Entertainment Industry , Financial Institutions , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Media , Mergers , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Technology Sector

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Rise in Crypto Securities Filings Could Persist

Increased regulatory oversight and recent turmoil in the digital asset market have led to a rising number of securities litigations focusing on cryptocurrencies. Sixteen cryptocurrency-related class actions have been filed...more

12/19/2022 / Class Action , Cryptoassets , Cryptocurrency , Digital Assets , Enforcement , Regulatory Oversight , Securities , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

12/14/2022 / Acquisitions , Anti-Corruption , Antitrust Division , Banking Sector , Big Tech , Board of Directors , Bonds , Borrowers , Capital Markets , Capital Raising , China , Climate Change , Convertible Notes , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Governance , Corporate Restructuring , Creditors , Cross-Border , Cryptocurrency , Digital Assets , Due Diligence , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , EU , Executive Compensation , Financial Services Industry , Forum Selection , Investigations , IRS , Lenders , Mergers , Money Laundering , Partnerships , Publicly-Traded Companies , Recessions , Repurchases , Russia , Securities , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Shareholders , Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) , Taxation , Technology , UK , Vertical Mergers

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2022

Cornerstone Research reports that during the first six months of 2022, plaintiffs filed 110 securities class actions, a pace that is generally in line — 2.8% higher — with what we saw in the second half of 2021. Looking...more

12/5/2022 / Class Action , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Sales Transactions , Cybersecurity , Enforcement Actions , FinTech , Futures , Healthcare , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Life Sciences , Popular , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Stock Options

15th Annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update: State of the Cryptocurrency Market

On October 11, 2022, Skadden held the first program, “State of the Cryptocurrency Market,” in our 15th Annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update series. The panelists for this presentation were Alex...more

11/16/2022 / Blockchain , Cryptocurrency , Enforcement Actions , Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2022

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February and April 2022. Cryptocurrency Derivative Litigation Fiduciary Duties – Bylaws Material...more

5/24/2022 / Acquisitions , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Material Misstatements , Mergers , Pleading Standards , PSLRA , Scienter , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation

California Court of Appeal Upholds Federal Forum Provision

In the first published decision of a court of appeal outside Delaware, on April 28, 2022, the California Court of Appeal in Wong v. Restoration Robotics, Case No. A161489, affirmed the trial court’s decision to enforce a...more

5/10/2022 / DE Supreme Court , Forum Non Conveniens , Forum Selection , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Registration Statement , Securities Act of 1933 , Securities Litigation , Supremacy Clause

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2022

Class Certification - Central District of California Denies Class Certification in Securities Fraud Action Concerning Company’s Purchase of ADRs - Stoyas v. Toshiba Corp., No. 2:15-cv-04194 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 7, 2022) -...more

3/2/2022 / Class Action , Class Certification , Delaware General Corporation Law , Derivative Suit , Enforcement Actions , Forum Selection , Loss Causation , Pleading Standards , Scienter , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) , Standing

Supreme Court Clarifies Basic Presumption Burden and Holds Courts Should Consider All Price Impact Evidence

On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, No. 20-222 (2021), that courts may consider at the class certification stage the generic nature of alleged...more

6/22/2021 / Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group , Basic v Levinson , Burden of Persuasion , Burden of Proof , Class Action , Class Certification , Conflicts of Interest , Goldman Sachs , Investors , Presumption of Reliance , SCOTUS , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Litigation , Shareholders

Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update

On December 8, 2020, Skadden held the fourth and final installment of its annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update, “Developments and Trends in Securities Litigation: A Year-End Update for 2020 and a...more

2/22/2021 / Class Action , Class Certification , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , FDA Approval , Popular , PSLRA , Scienter , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) , Stock Drop Litigation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators

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

Within Three Months, a Second California State Court Enforces a Federal Forum Charter Provision for Securities Act Claims

A California state court dismissed a putative securities fraud class action against Uber, as well as certain individuals and underwriters, on the grounds of inconvenient forum, holding that the federal forum selection...more

11/30/2020 / Choice-of-Law , Class Action , Dismissals , Forum Selection , Jurisdiction , Securities Act of 1933 , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Securities Violations , State Law Claims , Uber

California Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum Charter Provision

On September 1, 2020, Judge Marie S. Weiner of the San Mateo County, California Superior Court held that an exclusive federal forum provision was enforceable under California law. See Wong v. Restoration Robotics, Inc., No....more

9/17/2020 / Bylaws , Corporate Charters , Exclusive Forum , Federal Jurisdiction , Forum Selection , Joinder , Securities Litigation , Shareholder Litigation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - August 2020

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February and June 2020....more

Ninth Circuit Holds That Courts Should Scrutinize Economic Plausibility of Securities Fraud Complaints in Evaluating Scienter

On June 10, 2020, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action in a potentially significant decision for securities defendants, particularly those in the pharmaceutical, biotech and...more

6/16/2020 / Biotechnology , FDA Approval , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Inflated Projections , Medical Devices , Pharmaceutical Industry , Publicly-Traded Companies , Putative Class Actions , Scienter , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

4/6/2020 / Aiding and Abetting , Books & Records , Breach of Duty , Bylaws , CEOs , Civil Liability , Collateral Estoppel , Criminal Convictions , DE Supreme Court , Demand Futility , Derivative Suit , Dismissals , Enforcement Actions , Exchange-Traded Products , False Statements , Federal Pleading Requirements , Fiduciary Duty , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Injunctions , Investment Adviser , Item 303 , Lack of Particularity , Mergers , Misleading Statements , Misrepresentation , Notice Requirements , Price-Fixing , PSLRA , Pyramid Schemes , Registration Statement , RICO , Scienter , Scope of Discovery Requests , Section 11 , Section 220 Request , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Securities Violations , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholder Votes , Summary Judgment

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - November 2019

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between August and October 2019. The cases address developing trends in the definition of a security, fiduciary...more

11/27/2019 / Appeals , Criminal Convictions , Fiduciary Duty , Investment Company Act of 1940 , Loss Causation , Material Misrepresentation , Materiality , Omissions , Pleading Standards , Scienter , Securities , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , SLUSA

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