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SCOTUS To Focus on the Securities Fraud Pleading Standard in Two Cases Next Term

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In a pair of orders issued this month, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled plans to provide further guidance in its upcoming Fall term concerning application of the heightened standard for pleading securities fraud claims...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Two Important Appeals Regarding the Requirements for Pleading Securities Fraud

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in the Facebook and NVIDIA putative securities class action cases. Our Securities Litigation Group breaks down the potentially far-ranging...more

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SCOTUS Grants Certiorari to Hear NVIDIA Fraud Appeal on PSLRA Pleading Standard

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB., Case No. 23-970, to address two fundamental questions about how federal securities fraud cases must be pled to survive...more

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Key Questions for the Upcoming Private Funds Rules Fifth Circuit Decision

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As a reminder, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Association of Private Fund Managers (NAPFM) and the other Petitioners in the Private Funds Rules Litigation1 requested that the three-judge panel...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Expert Allegations Could Become More Frequent in Securities Fraud Complaints and Possibly Erode Pleading Standards

Key Points - - A divided Ninth Circuit panel held that a shareholder plaintiff could rely on an expert’s after-the-fact analysis of public information to allege that a company’s public statements were false or misleading...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Rejection of Employee’s SOX Claim for Lack of Protected Activity

On September 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board’s rejection of an employee’s Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) retaliation claim, holding the...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Second Circuit Clarifies the Circumstances in Which Presumptions Can Be Used To Support Federal Securities Fraud Class Action...

On August 10, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took an important step in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group toward clarifying the circumstances in which federal class action...more

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Don’t Trade on Me: Second Circuit Excludes Confidential Agency Information From the Definition of “Property” in Insider Trading...

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A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held, on December 27, 2022, in United States v. Blaszczak (“Blaszczak II”) that an agency’s confidential, pre-decisional information did not count as...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Securities Claim Alleging Failure to Disclose SEC Investigation

The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday reversed the dismissal of a securities class action alleging fraud based on the defendants’ failure to disclose an SEC investigation into the company’s disclosed...more

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Fifth Circuit Finds SEC Administrative Proceedings Unconstitutional

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On May 18, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that key aspects of the SEC's in-house enforcement regime for securities fraud cases were unconstitutional. The decision, Jarkesy v. SEC, has significant...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds SEC’s In-House Courts and Judges Unconstitutional

In Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a remarkable opinion holding numerous aspects of the SEC’s administrative enforcement regime are unconstitutional. The May...more

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Marriott Investor’s Security Fraud Claims Arising from Data Breach Rejected by Fourth Circuit

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The Fourth Circuit dismissed an investor’s lawsuit against a hotel chain that had been subject to a data breach, ruling that the company had not made false or misleading public statements about its protection of customer...more

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Eleventh Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Class Action Suit

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IN THIS ISSUE - Eleventh Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Class Action Suit; Federal Court of Appeals Dismisses Leading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shareholder Lawsuits; NY Seeks Blockchain...more

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Securities Litigation Update: Second Circuit Opines on Pleading Standards and Statutory Standing for Claims Under Section 10(b) of...

On November 24, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a pair of decisions addressing threshold requirements for securities fraud claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and...more

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Northern District of California Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Diversity

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Northern District of California Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Diversity; Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Stockholder Suit Against Medical Device Company for Failure to Plead Demand Futility;...more

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Northern District of California Kicks Shareholder Derivative Suit Against Alphabet, Inc. for Failing to Allege Demand Futility

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Northern District of California Kicks Shareholder Derivative Suit Against Alphabet, Inc. For Failing to Allege Demand Futility; Rare Securities “Holder’s Claim” Trial Results in Jury Verdict for Defendants; Delaware Court of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of SEC Tolling Agreements

In Securities & Exchange Comm’n v. Fowler, No. 20-1081, 2021 WL 3083655 (2d Cir. July 22, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court judgment awarding the Securities and Exchange...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eighth Circuit Holds Rule 23(b)(3)’s Predominance Requirement Not Met in Securities Fraud Action Against Brokerage Firm

In Ford v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 12008 (8th Cir. Apr. 23, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court’s order certifying a class of customers who had...more

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Notice of Appeal - Spring 2021

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Precedential Opinions of Note - Government Must Prove Falsity Under Any Objectively Reasonable Standard - United States v. Harra (January 12, 2021), No. 19-1105 http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/191105p.pdf Unanimous...more

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New York Federal Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Alkermes For Lack Of Fraudulent Intent

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New York Federal Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Alkermes for Lack of Fraudulent Intent; Fourth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Denial of Leave to File Amended Complaint Against Triangle Capital as Futile;...more

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Insider Trading Case to Watch: The Second Circuit to Revisit Blaszczak

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This spring, the Second Circuit will revisit its highly consequential insider trading decision in United States v. Blaszczak. The case is one to watch, as it has the potential to impact how the government approaches...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit’s Expansion of Criminal Insider Trading Liability

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds That Allegations in Whistleblower Complaint May Be Corrective Disclosure, but Short-Seller Posts Are Not

On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action in a decision that provides additional guidance concerning the standard for pleading loss...more

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Securities Fraud Thesis That Did Not “Make a Whole Lot of Sense”

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In its June 10, 2020, opinion in Nguyen v. Endologix, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied the plausibility standard to a plaintiff’s securities fraud claims and affirmed the district court’s dismissal,...more

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California Appeals Court Narrows Standing for ETF Retail Investors to Sue for Allegedly False or Misleading Registration...

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In a ruling of potential importance for investment advisers and directors/trustees of registered investment companies, a California appellate court affirmed a lower court ruling on January 23, 2020 in Garth Jensen, et al. v....more

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