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

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Insider Trading Claims Against Satellite Operator Investors Based on Stock Sales After FCC Chairman Vote - In re Silver Lake Grp., LLC Sec. Litig. (9th Cir. July 24, 2024) What to...more

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

Spotlight - Macquarie Ruling Raises the Bar for Securities Fraud Claims - Key Points - - On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed and vacated the Second Circuit’s decision in Macquarie...more

5/23/2024 / Acquisitions , Commercial Litigation , Cryptocurrency , Entertainment Industry , Financial Institutions , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP , Media , Mergers , Publicly-Traded Companies , Real Estate Market , Retail Market , SCOTUS , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Securities Regulation

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

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

3/5/2024 / Class Action , Corporate Governance , Digital Assets , Educational Institutions , Energy Sector , Entertainment Industry , Financial Services Industry , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP , Media , Publicly-Traded Companies , Retailers , SCOTUS , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Litigation , Securities Regulation

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide before the end of its current term whether the failure to make a disclosure pursuant to Item 303 of Regulation S-K can serve as the basis for a securities fraud claim under Section...more

SEC Enforcement Division Director Clarifies Approach to Compliance Officer Liability

In a speech on October 24, 2023, the director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Enforcement Division, Gurbir Grewal, described the scenarios in which the commission would bring an enforcement action against...more

10/30/2023 / Chief Compliance Officers , Compliance , Enforcement Actions , Insider Trading , Internal Controls , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , White Collar Crimes

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2023

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Analyzing the Recent Ripple and Terraform Decisions - Key Points - - In July 2023, Judges Torres and Rakoff in the Southern District of New York issued rulings on whether digital asset sales...more

9/15/2023 / Acquisitions , Enforcement Actions , Entertainment Industry , Financial Institutions , Healthcare , Life Sciences , Media , Mergers , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Technology Sector

SCOTUS Bars Section 11 Claims Based on Direct Listing

A unanimous Supreme Court today made it more difficult for shareholders to file suits under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act or the Act). The Court held in Slack Technologies, LLC v. Fiyyaz Pirani...more

6/6/2023 / Direct Listing , SCOTUS , Section 11 , Securities Act of 1933 , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Litigation , Slack , Slack Technologies Inc v Pirani , Stock Prices

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2022

Cornerstone Research reports that during the first six months of 2022, plaintiffs filed 110 securities class actions, a pace that is generally in line — 2.8% higher — with what we saw in the second half of 2021. Looking...more

12/5/2022 / Class Action , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Sales Transactions , Cybersecurity , Enforcement Actions , FinTech , Futures , Healthcare , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Life Sciences , Popular , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Stock Options

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2022

Derivative Litigation Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Derivative Securities Action - Carpenters’ Pension Fund of Ill. v. Neidorff, No. 20-3216 (8th Cir. 2022) - Following Centene Corporation’s merger with Health Net,...more

9/12/2022 / Board of Directors , Breach of Duty , Corporate Counsel , Derivative Suit , Fiduciary Duty , Materiality , Securities Act of 1933 , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders , SLUSA

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2022

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February and April 2022. Cryptocurrency Derivative Litigation Fiduciary Duties – Bylaws Material...more

5/24/2022 / Acquisitions , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Material Misstatements , Mergers , Pleading Standards , PSLRA , Scienter , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation

Seventh Circuit Holds That Delaware Forum Bylaw Cannot Force Litigation of Securities Exchange Act Claims in Delaware State Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on Friday, January 7, 2022, that a district court erred in holding that Boeing Corporation could use its Delaware forum selection bylaw to force a shareholder derivative...more

1/11/2022 / Breach of Duty , Bylaws , Derivative Suit , Fiduciary Duty , Forum Non Conveniens , Forum Selection , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act

SEC Approves PCAOB Rule Establishing Framework for Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) Rule 6100 — Board Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act....more

11/9/2021 / Foreign Corporations , Foreign Jurisdictions , Form 10-K , Form 20-F , PCAOB , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - October 2021

This quarter’s issue of Inside the Courts — An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided in May-August 2021....more

10/22/2021 / Breach of Duty , Corporate Counsel , Derivative Suit , Enforcement Actions , Fiduciary Duty , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Loss Causation , Mergers , Pleading Standards , PSLRA , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , SLUSA , Statute of Limitations , Statute of Repose

Inside the Courts - June 2021

Books and Records - Court of Chancery Orders Production of Emails, Denies Production of Privileged Communications in Books and Records Action - Emps.’ Ret. Sys. of R.I. v. Facebook, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0085-JRS (Del. Ch....more

6/9/2021 / Board of Directors , Books & Records , Breach of Duty , Fiduciary Duty , Pleading Standards , PSLRA , Putative Class Actions , Scienter , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , SLUSA

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between July and October 2020. Class Certification - Cryptocurrency – Definition of a Security - Derivative...more

SEC Adopts Amendments to Auditor Independence Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued final rules that significantly modify the framework that public companies and their auditors use to evaluate auditor independence, providing additional clarity for...more

10/20/2020 / Acquisitions , Amended Rules , Auditor Independence , Audits , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Mergers , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

4/6/2020 / Aiding and Abetting , Books & Records , Breach of Duty , Bylaws , CEOs , Civil Liability , Collateral Estoppel , Criminal Convictions , DE Supreme Court , Demand Futility , Derivative Suit , Dismissals , Enforcement Actions , Exchange-Traded Products , False Statements , Federal Pleading Requirements , Fiduciary Duty , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Injunctions , Investment Adviser , Item 303 , Lack of Particularity , Mergers , Misleading Statements , Misrepresentation , Notice Requirements , Price-Fixing , PSLRA , Pyramid Schemes , Registration Statement , RICO , Scienter , Scope of Discovery Requests , Section 11 , Section 220 Request , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Securities Violations , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholder Votes , Summary Judgment

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

10/3/2019 / Anti-Money Laundering , Appeals , Blocking Statutes , Bribery , CFTC , China , CLOUD Act , Communication Restrictions , Compliance , Conspiracies , Cooperation Agreement , Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (the COPO Act) , Criminal Prosecution , Cross-Border Transactions , Cryptocurrency , Cybersecurity , Deferred Prosecution Agreements , Denial of Certiorari , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Deutsche Bank , Disclosure , Dodd-Frank , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , EU , EURIBOR , Exports , Extradition , Extraterritoriality Rules , Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) , Financial Records , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Exchanges , France , Fraud , General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Government Investigations , Hackers , Hungary , Imports , India , Indictments , Information Sharing , Iran Sanctions , Israel , Lithuania , Money Laundering , Morrison v National Australia Bank , Multinationals , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Opioid , Pharmaceutical Industry , Popular , Rate-Rigging , SCOTUS , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Serious Fraud Office (SFO) , Spoofing , Subpoenas , Swiss Supreme Court , Switzerland , Tax Crimes , Tax Evasion , Tax Treaty , Turkey , UK , United States , Venezuela , Wal-Mart

1/7/2019 / Anti-Bribery , Anti-Corruption , Anti-Money Laundering , Appeals , Attorney-Client Privilege , Brazil , Bribery , BSA/AML , China , Corporate Counsel , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Criminal Investigations , Cross-Border , Cryptocurrency , Cyber Attacks , Cybersecurity , Data Privacy , Data Protection Acts , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Enforcement Actions , EU , Exports , Extraterritoriality Rules , FATCA , Financial Crimes , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Forex , France , Government Investigations , Guilty Pleas , Hackers , Imports , International Litigation , Iran , Legal Professional Privilege , Libor , Litigation Privilege , Market Manipulation , Money Laundering , Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation , Multinationals , NYDFS , Privileged Communication , Russia , Sanction Violations , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Fraud , SFO , Spoofing , Tax Fraud , Traders , UK , Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) , United Arab Emirates (UAE) , Yates Memorandum

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between September 2018 and October 2018. ...more

12/7/2018 / Acquisitions , Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) , Aiding and Abetting , Appointments Clause , Breach of Duty , Claim Preclusion , Class Action , Constitutional Challenges , Controlling Stockholders , Damages , Dismissals , Enforcement Actions , Extraterritoriality Rules , Fiduciary Duty , Financial Institutions , General Partnerships , Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) , Investment Funds , Jurisdiction , Lucia v SEC , Material Adverse Effects , Material Misrepresentation , Merger Agreements , Mergers , MFW , Misrepresentation , Pleading Standards , Popular , Proxy Solicitations , PSLRA , Rule 10(b) , Scienter , Section 11 , Securities , Securities Act , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Exchange Act , Securities Fraud , Securities Litigation , Shareholder Litigation , SLUSA , Squeeze-Out Mergers

Chuck Smith

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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