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Litigation Analysis: SEC Claims That CPA Firms “Violated” Staff-Created Rule

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On Friday, September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement (“SEC”) filed a civil complaint in U.S. district court (S.D. Fla., Case No. 1:23-cv- 23723) against two audit firms, Prager Metis...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Charges School District and the District’s Former Chief Financial Officer with Violations of Securities Laws in a 2018 Bond...

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On September 16, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) entered an order against a school district (Sweetwater Union High School District (the “District”) in San Diego County, California) and charged the school...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New York Court Dismisses Public Company’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Short Sellers

• On March 8, 2019, New York State Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen dismissed a defamation action brought by Eros International plc, an Indian media company, against multiple short sellers who had questioned the accuracy...more

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Lending Club Decision Provides Guidance For Bringing Section 11 Claims Based on Weaknesses in Internal Controls

We have been following defendants’ motions to dismiss in the In re Lending Club Securities Litigation class action, No 3:16-cv-02627-WHA, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“the...more

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S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Plaintiffs’ “Shadow Insurance” Class Action Claims

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On July 21, 2015, a federal judge granted AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss claims brought against it by insureds who alleged that AXA violated New York law by engaging in various “shadow insurance”...more

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