In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more
5/1/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Canada ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cyber Policies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
ENISA ,
Equifax ,
EU ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Government Investigations ,
Hackers ,
Investment Adviser ,
NCSC ,
OCIE ,
PIPEDA ,
Popular ,
Privacy Comissioners ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Surveys ,
TCPA ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
UK ICO ,
Unsolicited Faxes
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new cybersecurity legislation in California and Massachusetts, the British government's updates to its cybersecurity laws in anticipation of Brexit and...more
4/2/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Comment ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Thailand ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between December 2018 and February 2019....more
3/14/2019
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Class Action ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Loss Causation ,
Mutual Funds ,
Nutraceutical Corp v Lambert ,
Omnicare v Laborers District Council ,
Pleading Standards ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Popular ,
PSLRA ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
SLUSA ,
Standing
In this month's edition, we examine a judge's ruling allowing an investor suit against Equifax, the dismissal of a class action against the insurer CareFirst and President Donald Trump's launch of a federal artificial...more
3/4/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Dismissals ,
Equifax ,
Facebook ,
Federal Cartel Offices ,
Federal Data Privacy ,
GAO ,
Germany ,
Investors ,
NAIC ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Trump Administration ,
User-Generated Content
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between September 2018 and October 2018. ...more
12/7/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Aiding and Abetting ,
Appointments Clause ,
Breach of Duty ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
General Partnerships ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Funds ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
MFW ,
Misrepresentation ,
Pleading Standards ,
Popular ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
PSLRA ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Scienter ,
Section 11 ,
Securities ,
Securities Act ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Squeeze-Out Mergers
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2018 and August 2018....
US Supreme Court -
Supreme Court Holds That SEC Administrative Law Judges...more
9/28/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Appraisal ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Certification ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Deal Price ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Statements ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Insider Trading ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Mergers ,
Misleading Statements ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Pleading Standards ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
TRO
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February 2018 and May 2018.
...more
7/3/2018
/ China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Chipotle Grill ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Cyan Inc v Beaver Cty Emps Ret Fund ,
Derivative Suit ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Etsy ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fraudulent Inducement ,
FRCP 23 ,
Loss Causation ,
Materiality ,
Misrepresentation ,
Omissions ,
Pleading Standards ,
Price-Fixing ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
SolarCity ,
State Law Claims ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
TD Ameritrade ,
Tesla
This quarter's issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between November 2017 and January 2018. The cases address developing trends in appraisal, class certification, core...more
3/27/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Appraisal ,
Books & Records ,
Breach of Duty ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Buyouts ,
CEOs ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Core Operations Doctrine ,
Corwin Doctrine ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Dell ,
Demand Futility ,
Derivative Suit ,
Director Compensation ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
FRCP 9(b) ,
High-Speed Trading ,
Loss Causation ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Mergers ,
Motion to Amend ,
Petrobras ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pleading Standards ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Proximate Cause ,
PSLRA ,
Ratification ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scienter ,
Section 220 Request ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SRO ,
Stock Drop Litigation
In this issue, we cover two decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, three decisions denying such motions, 26 decisions denying class certification or reversing grants of class certification, 22 decisions...more
12/26/2017
/ CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decertification ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 26 ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Remand ,
Motion To Strike ,
Reversal ,
TCPA
The use of third-party litigation financing — generally defined as the funding of litigation activities by entities other than the parties themselves, their insurers or their counsel — continues to increase in the United...more
4/20/2017
/ Class Action ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discovery ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
In Camera Review ,
Litigation Funding ,
Local Rules ,
Mandatory Disclosure Rules ,
Non-Parties ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Split of Authority ,
Third Party Funding ,
Transparency
In This Issue:
- The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to...more
6/17/2015
/ Breach of Contract ,
CAFA ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Discovery ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Estoppel ,
FACTA ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Leave to Amend ,
Local Controversy Exception ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Product Defects ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
Remand ,
Res Judicata ,
Rule 68 ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
In This Issue:
- Nexium and the Problems of Overbroad Class Actions
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike/Dismiss...more
This is the sixth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
This is the fifth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
In This Issue:
- Avoiding Class Certification Through an Offer of Judgment
- CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike...more
This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
3/8/2014
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Burden of Proof ,
Butler v Sears ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
EFTA ,
FDCPA ,
Fraud ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Indirect Purchasers ,
Injunctions ,
Motion To Strike ,
Negligence ,
Numerosity ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Removal ,
RESPA ,
Rule 68 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
Unfair Competition ,
Whirlpool v Glazer