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Key Points - - In 2024, securities litigation remained consistent with historical averages, with a slight increase in core filings and cases related to COVID-19 and artificial intelligence. - The U.S. Supreme Court had an...more
Examine trends in federal securities class-action filings, which saw a slight uptick in 2024, with an increase in AI-related cases and notable declines in SPAC and cryptocurrency-related filings; Discuss recent decisions...more
On December 17, 2024, Judge Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a renewed motion for class certification in a securities action against a majority shareholder of...more
Takeaway: Sometimes it seems a district court is determined to certify a class at all costs. In Ford v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., --- F.4th ----, No. 22-3232, 2024 WL 4021358 (8th Cir. Sep. 3, 2024), the district court...more
During 2023, securities lawsuit filings rose for the first time in four years. Settlements declined last year; there were nine mega-settlements of more than $100 million, including a $1 billion settlement. Case filings...more
On December 28, 2023, Judge Zahid N. Quraishi of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted class certification in a securities fraud class action, alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the...more
On August 10, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dealt a blow to securities class action plaintiffs when it decertified the investor class in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc....more
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
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
On August 10, 2023, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emphatic victory to Goldman Sachs, Inc. in its long-running battle to snuff a securities fraud class action arising from conflicts of interest related to...more
On June 3, 2022, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the final two counts in an action against California biotech firm Vaxart, Inc., finding that plaintiffs failed to adequately allege that certain non-public information...more
Class Certification - Central District of California Denies Class Certification in Securities Fraud Action Concerning Company’s Purchase of ADRs - Stoyas v. Toshiba Corp., No. 2:15-cv-04194 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 7, 2022) - ...more
On December 8, 2021, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the United States District Court for Southern District of New York granted a motion for class certification in a securities fraud class action against a global financial...more
On October 27, 2021, Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in a putative class action against a major financial...more
As securities class actions are being filed at a slower pace over the past year, a few notable developments continued into the second quarter of 2021. In particular, the U.S Supreme Court clarified an important issue...more
SCOTUS Vacates Class Certification In Suit Against Goldman Sachs And Clarifies Appropriate Scope Of Price Impact Evidence; Stockholders Strike $110 Million Settlement In Suit Alleging Breaches Of Fiduciary Duties By Former...more
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
Defendants have historically faced an uphill battle to defeat class certification in securities-fraud class actions. The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher...more
Key Takeaways - The Supreme Court clarified its prior securities class-action decisions in Basic v. Levinson (“Basic”), Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. (“Halliburton II”), and Amgen Inc v. Connecticut Retirement...more
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
On April 23, 2021, in Ford v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court order certifying a class action alleging that TD Ameritrade committed securities...more
On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. In this closely watched case, the Court is expected to clarify the evidentiary burden for...more
Massachusetts Superior Court BLS Finds No Duty to Disclose Alleged Preliminary Merger Discussions, Northern District of California Declines to Dismiss Oracle Fraud Class Action Suit, SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Goldman...more
On December 8, 2020, Skadden held the fourth and final installment of its annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update, “Developments and Trends in Securities Litigation: A Year-End Update for 2020 and a...more
2020 was another active year for securities litigation in the United States. Federal securities class actions continued to be filed at record levels notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a number of those newly...more