On June 1, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion that makes it more difficult for shareholders to bring Section 11 claims against companies that go public via direct listings. The case involved a...more
7/26/2023
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
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Direct Listing ,
Forum Selection ,
Gap Inc ,
Insider Trading ,
Market Manipulation ,
Phantom Stock Plans ,
Private Equity Firms ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 11 ,
Section 12 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
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On March 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Justin Sun, the owner of BitTorrent, Inc., a file-sharing platform; three...more
4/25/2023
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Celebrity Endorsements ,
Class Action ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Endorsements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exculpatory Clauses ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Life Sciences ,
Popular ,
Revlon Standard ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations ,
Share Classes ,
Share Price ,
Shareholder Votes
We are proud to present our seventh annual Securities Litigation Year in Review publication, in which we analyze data for securities class actions filed nationally against publicly traded pharmaceutical, biotechnology,...more
On February 1, 2023, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York dismissed claims against Coinbase Global Inc. (Coinbase) and its CEO in a case alleging that the crypto exchange sold or solicited...more
On September 29, 2022, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against Plug Power Inc. and certain of its officers. Plaintiff brought suit...more
10/20/2022
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Class Action ,
Dismissals ,
Elon Musk ,
Financial Restatements ,
Financial Statements ,
PCAOB ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Twitter
On May 6, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it settled charges against NVIDIA Corporation alleging that the company’s disclosures regarding the impacts of increased use of its gaming products by...more
5/10/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Misleading Statements ,
NVIDIA ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Violations ,
Settlement