Our Securities Litigation Group examines this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to vacate a shareholder class action against Goldman Sachs and send it back to a lower court for a closer look at whether alleged misstatements...more
6/24/2021
/ 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
Our Securities Litigation Group examines the path of a securities case coming before the Supreme Court that could change the dynamics of evidence of price impact at the class certification stage....more
12/23/2020
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders
Our Securities Litigation Group discusses the Lorenzo v. SEC appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will be argued on December 3, 2018, and describes the impact the appeal could have on securities fraud claims...more
On March 27, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari in Leidos v. Indiana Public Retirement System, et al., No. 16-581, and agreed to review the Second Circuit’s decision that Item 303 of SEC...more
On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Manning, in which the Court resolved a Circuit split concerning the jurisdictional provision of the Securities Exchange...more