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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The economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused certain companies to rethink previously agreed-upon strategic transactions. Other companies, determined to close, have filed suit to compel wavering...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
As noted in our earlier alert concerning securities fraud litigation under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, the spread of COVID-19 and its effect on the global economy have caused extreme market volatility and,...more