A Win for Deal Certainty, Delaware Court of Chancery Orders Closing of Cake Supplier Acquisition; Under Armour to Pay $9M to Settle SEC Charges Involving Disclosure Failures; First Circuit Upholds Decision Applying Federal...more
5/19/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Buyers ,
Buyouts ,
Cease and Desist ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Debt Financing ,
Dismissals ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Investment ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Investors ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Partial Summary Judgments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Sellers ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Solicitation
Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence is Required for Each Putative Class Member; District Judge Approves Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny...more
5/5/2021
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Best Execution ,
Bribery ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Evidence ,
Exelon Generation ,
False Statements ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Investors ,
Lobbying ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Negligence ,
Omissions ,
Papa Murphys ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proxy Statements ,
PSLRA ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Remand ,
Retail Investors ,
Reversal ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scienter ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
TD Ameritrade
Massachusetts Superior Court BLS Finds No Duty to Disclose Alleged Preliminary Merger Discussions, Northern District of California Declines to Dismiss Oracle Fraud Class Action Suit, SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Goldman...more
4/7/2021
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Production ,
Business Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collateralized Debt Obligations ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fraud ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
MetLife ,
Misleading Statements ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Oracle ,
Oral Argument ,
Pensions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Prices
Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Against Gilead in Books and Records Action; Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Securities Fraud Suit Alleging Chinese Education Company Engaged in Sham Transactions; Third Circuit Grants...more
12/4/2020
/ Books & Records ,
Breach of Duty ,
Dismissals ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Sham Transactions ,
Vacated ,
Writ of Mandamus