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On September 29, 2022, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against Plug Power Inc. and certain of its officers. Plaintiff brought suit...more
On September 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a putative securities class action against BELLUS Health, Inc. and certain of its officers....more
On April 27, 2022, the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re Tesla Motors Stockholder Litigation rendered a post-trial verdict finding for Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., on claims that Musk breached his...more
The Deal Professor weighs in on Yahoo’s announcement last week of the hack of roughly 500 million of its customers’ data and the specter of the MAC (material adverse change) that Verizon may choose to invoke to dance away...more
State AGs Settle Negative Option Marketing Case for $1M: Negative option marketing cost one company $1 million in a recent deal with the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania and Washington. According to the...more