On May 18, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in Jarkesy v. SEC, vacating a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision in an enforcement action brought as an administrative...more
This article follows an earlier Client Alert titled COVID-19: An Early Look at Securities Act Litigation Amid COVID-19. In that alert, we anticipated that there would be an increase in Securities Act filings involving claims...more
5/26/2021
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Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations
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
The Supreme Court yesterday took a significant step to expand the universe of actors who can be held liable for a false statement under the federal securities laws. The Supreme Court held in Lorenzo v. SEC that a person who...more
3/29/2019
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False Statements ,
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Intent to Defraud ,
Investment Banks ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
Material Dissemination ,
Misleading Statements ,
Reaffirmation ,
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Securities Violations ,
Suspensions