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Northern District Of California Dismisses Securities Class Action Against Biopharmaceutical Company For Failure To Adequately...

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On May 5, 2025, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a proposed class action asserting claims against a biopharmaceutical company...more

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Southern District Of New York Dismisses Exchange Act Claims Against Specialty Insurance Underwriter For Failure To Plausibly...

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On December 12, 2024, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and...more

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Middle District Of Florida Denies Motion To Dismiss Federal Securities Action Against Retailer Holding Plaintiff Adequately...

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On December 4, 2024, Judge John L. Badalamenti of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied a motion to dismiss a putative securities fraud action against a retail company (the “Company”), its...more

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Southern District Of New York Dismisses Securities Act Claims As Untimely And Pares Claims In Putative Class Action Against...

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On November 4, 2024, Judge Denise L. Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a putative class action brought under Sections 10b-5...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants Motion For Reconsideration And Motion To Dismiss Class Action Against Pharmaceutical And...

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On August 21, 2023, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion for reconsideration of his denial of an earlier motion to dismiss a putative securities class...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Putative Class Action Against Direct-To-Consumer Marketing Company For Failure To Adequately...

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On August 8, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a direct-to-consumer...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants Pharmaceutical Company’s Motion To Dismiss Putative Class Action Alleging Misrepresentations...

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On March 1, 2023, Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action against a pharmaceutical company (the “Company”) and its...more

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Western District Of New York Holds That Desire To Raise Capital In Specific Offering Can Provide A Basis to Infer Scienter

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On January 6, 2023, Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York denied a motion to dismiss claims against a cannabis and tobacco engineering company (the “Company”)...more

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Northern District Of California Dismisses Putative Class Action Suit Against Financial Technology Company That Underscores The...

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On August 8, 2022, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a proposed securities class action suit against a financial technology company...more

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Middle District Of Florida Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Recycling Company For Failure To Adequately Allege...

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On August 4, 2022, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed without prejudice a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a recycling...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger; The PCAOB Sanctions Former KPMG Vice Chair Of Audit For Failure To Supervise Senior Members Of KPMG's Audit Practice; Ninth Circuit Affirms...more

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Western District Of Texas Largely Denies Motion To Dismiss Putative Class Action Against Information Technology Company

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On March 30, 2022, Judge Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas denied the majority of a motion to dismiss a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against an information...more

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Northern District of Illinois Grants Motion for Partial Reconsideration of Summary Judgment Decision Regarding Whether Former...

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Northern District of Illinois Grants Motion for Partial Reconsideration of Summary Judgment Decision Regarding Whether Former Walgreens CFO’s Statements Were Actionable; Securities Fraud Claims Against Chicken Producer for...more

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Northern District Of California Pares Claims In Putative Class Action Against Videoconferencing Company

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On February 16, 2022, Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Investment Firm from Stockholder Derivative Suit

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Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Investment Firm from Stockholder Derivative Suit; Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Majority of Claims Alleging that California Biotech Firm Profited from Nonpublic Information...more

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Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Board Diversity

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Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Board Diversity; California Federal Court Dismisses Shareholder Class Action Against Sorrento Therapeutics Regarding COVID-19 Treatment; Delaware...more

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Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence Is...

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Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence is Required for Each Putative Class Member; District Judge Approves Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny...more

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