The Third Circuit extended American Pipe tolling to the period before a decision on class-certification, opening a new avenue for potential class members to assert otherwise untimely individual securities claims. The Ninth...more
7/15/2021
/ American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Material Misstatements ,
Omissions ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tolling ,
Valeant ,
Volkswagen
On April 23, 2021, in Ford v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court order certifying a class action alleging that TD Ameritrade committed securities...more
While the past year, or even eighteen months, was short on landmark federal securities law decisions, there was significant activity on the part of private securities litigants. In 2018, plaintiffs filed 403 new federal...more
5/13/2019
/ China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Cyan Inc v Beaver Cty Emps Ret Fund ,
Cybersecurity ,
Emulex Corp. v Varjabedian ,
Government Investigations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
White Collar Crimes
A recently filed California lawsuit raises the stakes in the ongoing challenge to the “bank origination model.” The lawsuit, Barnabas Clothing, Inc. v. Kabbage, Inc., was filed on March 22, 2018 in Superior Court in Los...more