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A New Strain of COVID-19 Shareholder Suit

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While we are growing accustomed to pandemic-based shareholder actions relating to improper health and safety disclosures or misrepresentations relating to COVID-19 treatments and tests, this month brings a novel variant of...more

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Dechert Survey: Developments in U.S. Securities Fraud Class Actions Against Life Sciences Companies

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Life sciences companies were popular targets of class action securities lawsuits in 2018. In the most recent edition of our annual survey, Dechert litigators David H. Kistenbroker, Joni S. Jacobsen and Angela M. Liu examine...more

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Eastern District Of Pennsylvania Denies In Part And Grants In Part Motion To Dismiss Stock Drop Suit, Finding Plaintiffs...

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On December 10, 2018, Judge Timothy J. Savage of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied in large part defendants’ motion to dismiss a putative class action asserting violations of...more

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Dechert survey: Developments in securities fraud class actions against U.S. life sciences companies (UPDATED)

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2017 was a record year for class action securities litigation, and life sciences companies continued to be popular targets of such lawsuits. During 2017, plaintiffs filed a total of 88 class action securities lawsuits against...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds That Loss Causation Can Be Established Without Demonstrating That The Alleged Fraud Was Revealed To The Market...

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On January 31, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in a per curiam decision a district court decision denying in part defendants’ motion for summary judgment on claims brought under...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Key Takeaways: Lessons Learned From Tax-Related Whistleblower Litigation and Shareholder Actions"

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On March 8, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Lessons Learned From Tax-Related Whistleblower Litigation and Shareholder Actions.” The Skadden panelists were tax partners Nathaniel Carden and Armando Gomez, and litigation...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses $2.46 Billion Judgment in Securities-Fraud Class Action

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The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit last week reversed a $2.46 billion judgment in a long-running securities-fraud class action against Household International and granted a new trial on limited issues. The opinion...more

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