Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger; The PCAOB Sanctions Former KPMG Vice Chair Of Audit For Failure To Supervise Senior Members Of KPMG's Audit Practice; Ninth Circuit Affirms...more
4/21/2022
/ Anthem Insurance ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
CEOs ,
CIGNA ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Derivative Suit ,
Disgorgement ,
Dismissals ,
False Statements ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
KPMG ,
Material Misstatements ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Omissions ,
PCAOB ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sanctions ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Scienter ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Securities Violations ,
Shareholders ,
Short-Swing Trading
Private funds can draw lessons about how to prioritize their compliance efforts and practices in response to a series of warnings by newly-appointed federal regulators of increased scrutiny, regulation, and enforcement...more
4/8/2022
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
False Statements ,
Form PF ,
Government Investigations ,
Hedge Funds ,
Misleading Statements ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Valuation ,
Venture Capital
Northern District of Illinois Grants Motion for Partial Reconsideration of Summary Judgment Decision Regarding Whether Former Walgreens CFO’s Statements Were Actionable; Securities Fraud Claims Against Chicken Producer for...more
3/23/2022
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
CEOs ,
CFOs ,
Class Action ,
Clinical Trials ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
False Statements ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Investors ,
Misleading Statements ,
Partial Summary Judgments ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Price-Fixing ,
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ,
PSLRA ,
Public Statements ,
Safe Harbors ,
Scienter ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Share Price ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Walgreens