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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Exchange Act Claims Against Post deSPAC Company, Holding That Shareholders Of The SPAC Lack...

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On August 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s dismissal of a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b)...more

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Second Circuit Affirms District Court’s Dismissal Of Putative Securities Fraud Class Action Against China-Based Real Estate...

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On June 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative shareholders’ class action against a real estate company (the “Company”) and several of its directors (the...more

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Southern District Of Florida Dismisses Suit Against French Content Moderation Company And Previews Acceptable Amended Complaint

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On May 22, 2024, Judge Cecilia M. Altonoga of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted a motion to dismiss a putative shareholder action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of...more

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Eastern District Of New York Grants Motion To Dismiss Proposed Class Action Against Mobile Game Development Company

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On March 18, 2024, Judge Rachel P. Kovner of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a putative shareholders’ class action against a mobile game development company (the...more

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Southern District Of New York Dismisses Proposed Securities Class Action Against Biopharmaceutical Company Alleging Failure To...

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On February 4, 2024, Judge Arun Subramanian of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a proposed securities class action against a biopharmaceutical company (the “Company”) alleging...more

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Generic Statements and Class Actions: the Balance Shifts Toward Defendants

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When corporate executives discuss important company news in SEC filings or on stock-analyst conference calls, they know their words will be scrutinized by listeners and the broader market. Misstatements could give rise to...more

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Second Circuit Affirms In Part And Vacates In Part Decision Dismissing Securities Class Action Against Insurance Company, Its...

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On August 23, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part an order dismissing a putative securities class action against a property and casualty insurer (the...more

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Second Circuit Provides Valuable Guidance on Application of the Supreme Court's Price-Impact "Mismatch" Framework

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In Short - The Situation: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently decertified a class of stockholders who alleged that Goldman Sachs maintained an inflated share price by making...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants Software Company’s Motion To Dismiss In Proposed Investor Class Action

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On June 2, 2023, Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a proposed class action against a software company (the “Company”), alleging violations...more

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Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of AstraZeneca Investor Suit

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On May 16, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order dismissing an action brought by investors of AstraZeneca PLC (AstraZeneca) attempting to hold the company...more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal Of Putative Securities Class Action On The Basis Of Federal Forum Selection...

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On May 15, 2023, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey unanimously affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a putative securities class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 against a...more

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Fintech Company Secures Dismissal Of Purported Class Action In Northern District Of California

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On April 27, 2023, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a proposed securities class action suit against a financial technology company...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds That Complaint Based On Confidential Informant’s Allegations Sufficiently Alleged Material Misrepresentation...

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On January 18, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s order dismissing the putative securities class action with prejudice, holding that plaintiff...more

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California District Court Grants With Prejudice Motion To Dismiss Securities Fraud Class Action Against Video Game Company,...

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On January 22, 2023, Judge Percy Anderson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss the third amended class action complaint (“TAC”) in a putative class action...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants Summary Judgment To Pharmaceutical Company In Investor Class Action

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On December 12, 2022, Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to a major pharmaceutical company (the “Company”) and dismissed class action...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Putative Class Action Against Medical Technology Company For Failure To Adequately Allege...

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On August 1, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 against a medical technology...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of State-Law Class Action Claims Against Brokerage Firm As Barred By SLUSA

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On May 31, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under Georgia state law for breach of fiduciary duty against a brokerage firm and...more

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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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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger; The PCAOB Sanctions Former KPMG Vice Chair Of Audit For Failure To Supervise Senior Members Of KPMG's Audit Practice; Ninth Circuit Affirms...more

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Northern District Of Illinois Eastern Division Grants In Part Drugstore Chain’s Motion For Summary Judgment In Connection With...

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On November 2, 2021, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted in part defendants’ motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff’s partial motion for summary judgment in a...more

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Northern District Of California Narrows Claims In Putative Securities Class Action Against Pharmaceutical Company

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On October 19, 2021, Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California narrowed the claims in a putative securities class action asserting claims under the Securities...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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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Articulates Important Limitations on Pleading Fraud in 'Event-Driven' Securities Class Actions

Securities fraud litigation based on regulatory mishaps, environmental disasters, data breaches, sexual harassment revelations, the COVID-19 pandemic and other well-publicized events that affect stock prices has been on the...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Discovery Stays Apply to State-Court Securities Lawsuits This Fall

One of the most significant differences between bringing a securities lawsuit in state versus federal court is the application of the mandatory discovery stay set forth in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (the...more

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Securities Litigation Update: Courts of Appeals Weigh in on American Pipe Tolling and the Affiliated Ute Presumption of Reliance

The Third Circuit extended American Pipe tolling to the period before a decision on class-certification, opening a new avenue for potential class members to assert otherwise untimely individual securities claims.  The Ninth...more

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