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Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies 2024 Year in Review

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Welcome to our ninth annual report on US securities class actions filed against publicly traded life sciences companies, which include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare companies....more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Finds that Director’s Email on Outside Email System Remains Confidential

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Delaware Court of Chancery Finds that Director’s Email on Outside Email System Remains Confidential; Delaware Supreme Court Overrules Longstanding Precedent Regarding Derivative Versus Direct Standing; SEC Files Crowdfunding...more

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Managing and Maintaining Clinical Trial Disclosure for Publicly Traded Life Sciences Companies

One of the fastest ways to garner unwanted attention as a publicly-traded life sciences company is to be accused by either a regulator or stockholder that the company disclosed materially misleading information about the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2019 Life Sciences Securities Litigation Roundup

2019 Filings - In 2019, the number of securities class action cases filed against life sciences companies reached record levels. According to Cornerstone Research, lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies increased by 40...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What's New in Corporate Governance and Securities Law - October 18, 2019

Corporate Governance and Securities Law Developments - Directors Can Be Held Liable for Failure to Oversee “Mission Critical” Regulatory Compliance - On October 1, the Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss a...more

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Selective Disclosure Violation Results in SEC Order

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Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order charging a publicly traded pharmaceutical company with violations of Regulation FD as a result of selectively disclosing material, nonpublic information....more

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SEC Files First Reg FD Action In Years

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Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2002 to fill what many saw as a regulatory gap – the selective disclosure of material non-public information by issuers.  Essentially the Regulation – now known as Reg FD – requires a...more

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SEC Fines Life Sciences Company for Regulation FD Violations

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For the first time in six years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an enforcement action against a company solely for Regulation FD violations. On Aug. 20, the SEC announced that it charged life sciences...more

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SEC Brings Regulation FD Action

On August 20, 2019, the SEC charged a pharmaceutical company with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side research analysts on two separate occasions without also...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Brings Enforcement Action against TherapeuticsMD for Violations of Regulation FD

On Aug. 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had charged public pharmaceutical company TherapeuticsMD, Inc. for violations of Regulation FD and Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act related to...more

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SEC Signals New Phase of Regulation FD Enforcement

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday, August 20, 2019, that it charged TherapeuticsMD, Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with violations of...more

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SEC Charges Issuer for Reg FD Violation for Selective Disclosure to Analysts

The SEC charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side research analysts...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

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