The March decision in Williams v. Binance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit marks the latest chapter in the judiciary's struggle to apply the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Morrison v. National...more
5/3/2024
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While the global pandemic may have disrupted many industries, it has not stopped plaintiffs from continuing to file COVID-19-related securities fraud class actions under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act. As we...more
As noted in our earlier alert concerning securities enforcement actions, as COVID-19 spread swiftly across the United States in the early months of 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began issuing warnings...more