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Class Action Misleading Statements Shareholder Litigation

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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Southern District Of New York Denies Motion To Dismiss Putative Securities Class Action Against Cosmetics Company

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On March 31, 2025, Judge Arun Subramanian of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against a cosmetics company (the “Company”),...more

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Supreme Court Slack Decision Confirms Narrow Interpretation of Section 11 Claims

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The unanimous opinion requires shareholder plaintiffs to plead and prove that they purchased shares traceable to an allegedly false or misleading registration statement. On June 1, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its...more

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Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly Q1 2023

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Shearman & Sterling is pleased to announce our the publication of our Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly. Given the many public companies and financial institutions that are moving to Texas, our Texas-based...more

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Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Complaint, Finding Investors Failed to Sufficiently Allege Amarin’s Statements Were False or...

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On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities suit brought by investors in pharmaceutical company, Amarin Corporation, PLC, holding that the investors had failed to...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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Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Board Diversity

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Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Board Diversity; California Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Class Action Against Sorrento Therapeutics Regarding COVID-19 Treatment; Delaware...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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2020 Year In Review Securities Litigation Against Technology Companies

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In many ways, 2020 was an unprecedented year. In midMarch, the United States abruptly went into lockdown as coronavirus cases began to spike; a national emergency was declared, travel bans and gathering restrictions were...more

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Tenth Circuit Rejects Shareholders’ Fraud Claims Against Western Union Based on Alleged AML Failings

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On February 25, 2020, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of shareholders’ securities-fraud class action against the Western Union Company (“Western Union”) and several of its current and former executive...more

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Chancery Finds General Counsel Potentially Liable for Misleading Tender Offer Documents

Morrison v. Berry considers Plaintiff’s claims for damages following the purchase of a grocery-store chain, The Fresh Market, Inc. (“Fresh Market” or the “Company”) by Apollo investment entities. The Plaintiff was a former...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Applies Corwin To Dismiss Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims, Finding Allegations Of A Controlling...

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On March 20, 2019, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed class action claims asserted by former shareholders of NCI, Inc. against its former directors for breach of fiduciary duty in...more

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