This morning, the Supreme Court granted the writ of certiorari in Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi v. IndyMacMBS, Inc. The petition raises an issue regarding the application of American Pipe tolling to claims...more
In This Issue:
- U.S. SUPREME COURT:
..Lawson v. FMR LLC, No. 12-3 (U.S. March 4, 2014)
..Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice, No. 12-79 (U.S. Feb. 26, 2014)
- CLASS CERTIFICATION:
..In re BP...more
3/5/2014
/ Breach of Duty ,
Chadbourne & Parke LLP v Troice ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Demand Futility ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Lawson v FMR ,
Pensions ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
SLUSA
In This Issue:
*U.S. SUPREME COURT:
- Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (U.S. Nov. 15, 2013) Lawson v. FMR LLC, No. 12-3 (U.S. Nov. 12, 2013)
- Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice, No....more
12/6/2013
/ Auditors ,
Certifications ,
Chadbourne & Parke LLP v Troice ,
Class Action ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Fraud ,
Halliburton ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Misrepresentation ,
Pleading Standards ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
PSLRA ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statute of Repose
Today, in a case that could have significant implications for putative federal securities class actions, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317. In its petition for...more
Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, No. 11-1450 (Mar. 19, 2013) -
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a plaintiff in a class action cannot defeat removal under the Class Action Fairness Act of...more
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds that a securities fraud plaintiff alleging fraud on the market need not establish the...more
2/27/2013
/ Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans ,
Burden of Proof ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
False Statements ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Insider Trading ,
Materiality ,
Pleadings ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud
This issue of Inside the Courts, Skadden's securities litigation newsletter, includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected noteworthy cases principally decided from July to November 2012. This edition addresses...more
1/7/2013
/ Annual Meeting ,
Auditors ,
Burden of Proof ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Demand Futility ,
Derivatives ,
Directors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Loss Doctrine ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Loss Causation ,
Materiality ,
Misrepresentation ,
Pleadings ,
PLSRA ,
RMBS ,
Scienter ,
Shareholders ,
Underwriting