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Securities Class Action Trend Cases

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From SPACs to COVID-19, several trends have appeared in core filing activity in recent years. The data below is from Securities Class Action Filings—2023 Midyear Assessment....more

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Northern District Of California Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Social Media Company For Failure To Adequately Allege...

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On December 20, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a putative class action against a social media company and certain of its executives under the Securities Exchange Act. ...more

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2020 Year In Review Securities Litigation Against Technology Companies

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In many ways, 2020 was an unprecedented year. In midMarch, the United States abruptly went into lockdown as coronavirus cases began to spike; a national emergency was declared, travel bans and gathering restrictions were...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Securities Fraud Litigation in Wake of Data Breach

It is no longer a matter of if, but when companies that suffer a data breach will be sued in a class action lawsuit following a data breach. Many of those data breach cases get dismissed, as it is difficult for consumers to...more

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California State Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum-Selection Charter Provision for 1933 Act Suits

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California State Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum-Selection Charter Provision for 1933 Act Suits; California District Court Dismisses Fraud-Related Claims Against AT&T; Third Circuit Holds Challenge to SEC’s Decision to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yahoo! Data Breach Estimated to Cost Successor Company Net $47 Million

Altaba Inc., the successor company of Yahoo Inc., recently noted in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that after its settlement of consumer and shareholder suits relating to Yahoo’s data breach that...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The European Commission has drafted a new set of digital taxes as an answer to last year’s US tax overhaul that imposed a new minimum tax on the overseas efforts of companies with US operations. The EU’s plan would require...more

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Yahoo Enters $80 Million Securities Class Action Settlement After Data Breach

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On March 2, Yahoo, Inc. (“Yahoo”) filed a proposed settlement in In re Yahoo Inc. Securities Litigation, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. ...more

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Recent Developments In Securities Class Actions And Companies' Disclosure Obligations Regarding Cybersecurity Risks And Events

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Public companies experiencing data security incidents have been largely successful in defeating derivative actions and securities class actions related to those cyber incidents....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Next Big Thing: Data Breach Securities Class Action Litigation

Shareholders may have found a new hook for data security lawsuits. Over the past year, plaintiffs have filed nine federal class action securities fraud lawsuits against public companies after data security incidents,...more

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Bass, Berry & Sims Releases Securities & Shareholder Litigation 2017: A Look Ahead

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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC announces the release of its annual "Securities & Shareholder Litigation 2017: A Look Ahead," a high-level report that covers recent developments and offers best practices for the year ahead. The newly...more

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Cybersecurity: The Next Big Wave in Securities Litigation?

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News broke this week about significant cybersecurity breaches at many U.S. corporations that raises the possibility of a new wave of SEC enforcement actions, class actions, and derivative lawsuits. A front page New York Times...more

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