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Second Circuit Says that Insiders Are Still ‘Standing’ to Enforce Short-Swing Trading Under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act

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On June 24, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Packer ex rel. 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. v. Raging Capital Management, LLC, reversing a district court decision that had held that a shareholder...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Second Circuit Addresses Disgorgement of Short-Swing Profits by Hedge Funds and Their Investment Advisers

On November 23, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion by Judge Jon O. Newman in Packer v. Raging Capital Management, reversing a magistrate judge’s summary judgment order that had found Raging Capital...more

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Second Circuit Holds Facebook IPO Underwriters Not Subject to Short-Swing Profit Rules

On November 3, 2016, the Second Circuit upheld the district court’s ruling involving the Facebook IPO that underwriters of the IPO are not required to disgorge short-swing profits made with their sales and purchases of shares...more

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