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Southern District Of New York Grants Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings In Securities Class Action Against Software Company

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On March 7, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a putative class action asserting claims under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Supreme Court Requires Traceability for Securities Act Claims Arising from Direct Listings

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that purchasers of shares sold to the public through a direct listing cannot sue under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 unless they can trace their shares to an allegedly defective...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Securities Litigation Update: Divided Ninth Circuit Permits Direct-Listing Investors to Assert Securities Act Claims, Despite...

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On September 20, 2021, in Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc., a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that investors who purchase stock in a “direct listing”—in which pre-existing shares are...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

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This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Stay of Sogou Class Action Litigation in California

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On October 7, 2019, Goulston & Storrs obtained a stay of a putative class action filed in California state court against clients Sogou Inc. (Sogou) and Sohu.com (Sohu).  Sogou’s Sogou Search is the second largest search...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2018

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This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between September 2018 and October 2018. ...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

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

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Securities Class Action Suits Increased in 2015

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Last year there were more class action suits filed compared to the prior year. The actions were brought largely against companies traded on the two major exchanges in the biotech and healthcare sectors, according to a recent...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

OMNICARE and its Implications

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In the spring of this year, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, 135 S.Ct. 1318 (2015), resolving a circuit split regarding the...more

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