On March 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against CarLotz, Inc. (CarLotz), and certain of its officers and directors on the grounds...more
5/26/2023
/ Board of Directors ,
Class Action ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Officers ,
Cryptocurrency ,
False Statements ,
Fraud ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Misleading Statements ,
Pump and Dump ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Securities ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations
On September 27, 2022, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey dismissed a consolidated derivative action allegedly brought on behalf of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation against certain...more
11/3/2022
/ Administrative Hearings ,
Caremark claim ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Cooperation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Derivative Suit ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Indictments ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders
On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced insider trading charges against ten individual defendants across four separate cases (Bhardwaj, Goel, Markin, and Buyer), filed in the...more
8/11/2022
/ Analytics ,
Apple ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Certificates of Incorporation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Communications ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Share Classes ,
Shareholder Litigation
SEC Proposes Rule Amendments Requiring Climate-Related Disclosures; Southern District of New York Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against U.S. Stock Exchanges for Lack of Standing; Southern District of New York Dismisses...more
4/6/2022
/ Article III ,
Climate Change ,
Comment Period ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dismissals ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Investors ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Standing ,
Stock Exchange