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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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

Butler Snow LLP

Failure to Update Budget Projections in Bond Offering Prompts the SEC to Charge the School District and the CFO with Misleading...

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On September 16, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged Sweetwater Union High School District, a San Diego County School District (the “District”) and its former Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”),...more

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Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose Of Financial News

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The Fed made news when it backed off of its plan to keep regular rate hikes going in 2019, and the decision has done far more than just make Wall Street happy for a day.  Here’s a look at how the financial world has reacted...more

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Latin America Dispute Resolution Update – The Latest Developments in Cross-Border Disputes Involving the US and Latin America

US Courts Will Decide Whether to Enforce US$2 Billion Award Against Petróleos de Venezuela - In April 2018, an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal awarded US$2.04 billion in damages to two subsidiaries of U.S....more

A&O Shearman

Southern District Of New York Dismisses Exchange Act Claims Based On Exposure To Puerto Rican Bonds For Failure To Sufficiently...

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On September 5, 2017, Judge Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action against Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (“Ambac”), asserting claims under...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Second Circuit Requires Increased Scrutiny of Securities Class Actions Involving Off-Exchange Transactions

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The Second Circuit held recently that putative securities class actions involving transactions in non-U.S.-listed foreign securities require careful scrutiny to determine whether the class members' claims can be litigated on...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Discusses Heightened Pleading Standard Under Rule 9(b)

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed the heightened pleading standard for claims of fraud under Rule 9(b) in an auction rate securities case....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

SEC Adopts Rules for Enhanced Regulatory Framework for Securities Clearing Agencies - On September 28, 2016 the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted to adopt new rules to establish "enhanced standards for the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.13.16

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On Tuesday, the SEC announced that Citigroup would pay $7 million and admit that it submitted “inaccurate trade data” to the Commission over a period of 15 years in order to resolve claims that it left out “thousands of...more

Burr & Forman

6th Cir.: American Pipe Doesn’t Toll Statutes of Repose

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Affirming dismissal of some lingering Morgan Keegan bond fund actions, the Sixth Circuit joined the Second in holding that American Pipe class-action tolling does not affect the expiration of a statute of repose. The Court...more

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