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Fourth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Denial Of Motion To Amend A Securities Fraud Class Action Against Quantum Computing...

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On April 8, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion to amend a class action complaint against a quantum computing company (the “Company”) and the...more

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Eastern District Of Wisconsin Dismisses Class Action Against Energy Products Company For Failure To Allege Falsity, Scienter, And...

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On February 7, 2025, Judge Brett H. Ludwig of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed a putative class action alleging that an energy product sales company (the “Company”) and its...more

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Southern District Of New York Denies Digital Asset Trading Company’s Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings

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On February 7, 2025, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a putative class action against a cryptocurrency...more

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Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Federal Securities Law Claims Against Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Operator

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On February 26, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of federal securities claims against the developers of a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange and the exchange’s venture...more

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Eastern District Of New York Dismisses Securities Class Action Against Exercise Equipment Company For Failure To Plead Falsity and...

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On February 14, 2025, Judge Margo Brodie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants In Part And Denies In Part Motion To Dismiss Regarding SPAC Acquisition of Online Lottery...

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On February 25, 2025, Judge Jennifer L. Rochon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss amended complaints filed in a putative class...more

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AI Update: New Lawsuit Highlights the Risks Of AI-Related Disclosures

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A recent lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York—Sarria v. Telus International (Cda) Inc. et al., No. 1:25-cv-00889 (S.D.N.Y. Jan 30, 2025)—involves two distinct risks associated with...more

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Delaware Supreme Court reverses trial court for failing to apply "Interrelated Wrongful Acts" analysis correctly

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On February 4, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, determined that the Wrongful Acts alleged in a securities class action against Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. had a “meaningful linkage” with the Wrongful Acts...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants In Part And Denies In Part Motion To Dismiss Claims In Securities Class Action Against...

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On January 27, 2025, Judge Jesse M. Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York partially granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections...more

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District Of New Jersey Dismisses Securities Claim Against Financial Technology Company Based On Failure To Allege A Material False...

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On January 29, 2025, Judge Robert Kirsch of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted a motion to dismiss a securities action asserting claims under Sections 10(b), 20(a), and 20A of the...more

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The Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Claims Against Hearing Aid Manufacturer Regarding Statements About Insurance Coverage

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On January 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities class action brought by a pension plan alleging that a hearing aid manufacturer (the...more

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Southern District Of California Grants Motion To Dismiss Securities Claims Against Hardware Company For Lack Of Statutory Standing...

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On January 2, 2025, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a securities action asserting claims under Sections 10(b), 20(a), and 18...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Changes Its Mind, Will Not Decide Facebook Dispute Concerning Public Companies’ Risk-Factor Disclosures

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After hearing argument earlier this month in a widely followed securities law case concerning risk-factor disclosures of public companies, the U.S. Supreme Court last week decided it should not have agreed to hear the case...more

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Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Putative Securities Class Action Brought by Short Seller

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On October 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities class action against online retailer Overstock.com (“Overstock” or the “Company”) and certain of...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Exchange Act Claims Against Post deSPAC Company, Holding That Shareholders Of The SPAC Lack...

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On August 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s dismissal of a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b)...more

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Southern District Of New York Grants Motion To Dismiss Putative Securities Class Action Against Cannabis Company For Failure To...

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On July 17, 2024, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against a cannabis company and three of its officers....more

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Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts May 2024

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The Roundup covers notable class action decisions each month from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court class action cert petitions....more

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Western District Of Washington Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Manufacturer Of Pop Culture Collectibles For Lack Of...

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On May 16, 2024, Judge James L. Robart of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against a manufacturer of pop culture...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims, Rejects Allegations as Nothing More Than ‘Interesting Reading’

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A recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit highlights the “heightened and demanding standard” required to plead securities fraud under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). In affirming...more

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California District Court Grants Motion To Dismiss Investor Class Action Against Rideshare Company

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On May 14, 2024, Judge Rita F. Lin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against a ridesharing company (the “Company”) and...more

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Second Circuit Affirms District Court’s Summary Judgment Dismissal Of Securities Fraud Class Action Against Pharmaceutical Company

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On April 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed in a non-precedential summary order the summary judgment dismissal of securities fraud claims against a pharmaceutical company (the...more

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Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly - Q1 2024

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Welcome to the first 2024 edition of Shearman & Sterling’s Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly. As public companies and financial institutions continue to migrate to Texas, our Texas-based securities litigation...more

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Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - February 2024

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Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more

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Southern District Of New York Dismisses Proposed Securities Class Action Against Biopharmaceutical Company Alleging Failure To...

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On February 4, 2024, Judge Arun Subramanian of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a proposed securities class action against a biopharmaceutical company (the “Company”) alleging...more

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Trending in securities class actions: Section 10(b) claims predominate, Ninth Circuit sees uptick, according to Cornerstone Report

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Cornerstone Research (a top consulting and expert testimony firm) issued its 2023 Year in Review report, examining recent trends in securities class action filings. According to the report, in 2023 there was a slight uptick...more

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