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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Class Action Appeals

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Deciding Issue of First Impression, Fourth Circuit Holds Short-Seller Report Could Not Support Loss Causation – in Significant...

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On April 8, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the US District Court for the District of Maryland’s dismissal of all claims in Defeo et al. v. IonQ, Inc. et al., a securities class action asserting...more

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Tenth Circuit affirms dismissal of short seller’s claims against Overstock

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On October 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in In re Overstock Securities Litigation affirming the District of Utah’s dismissal of putative class action claims under the...more

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Trends in 2024 Securities Class Actions: AI and Biotech Cases On the Rise, Second Circuit Bounces Back

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Cornerstone Research recently issued its 2024 Year in Review report examining recent trends in securities class action filings. For the second year in a row, the number of securities class action filings saw an uptick,...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Two Important Appeals Regarding the Requirements for Pleading Securities Fraud

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in the Facebook and NVIDIA putative securities class action cases. Our Securities Litigation Group breaks down the potentially far-ranging...more

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A Name is Not Enough: Ninth Circuit Finds No Standing for First-to-File Shareholder to Appeal Securities Class Action

Imagine you are an investor and you decide to file a lawsuit after a company that you invest in suffers a stock drop. When you get to the courthouse, you find that you are the first person to file a federal securities class...more

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