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Entertainment Law Update Episode 160 – August/September 2023
JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union
Most federal private securities litigation is brought under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Section 11 of the Securities Act. These two provisions are responsible for most of the big-ticket securities class actions that...more
The D&O Databox™ Mid-Year Report provides insights about securities class action activities, developments, and historical trends—sourced from Databox, our proprietary database and leading resource for securities class action...more
On April 8, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion to amend a class action complaint against a quantum computing company (the “Company”) and the...more
The number of accounting-related securities class action filings and settlements remained steady in 2024, with the number of filings increasing slightly and for the third consecutive year, according to a new report from...more
On March 27, 2025, Judge John G. Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action asserting claims against a software company and...more
The number of securities class action settlements increased slightly in 2024 while the size of those settlements declined, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research. The report, Securities Class Action...more
On February 26, 2025, Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action against a producer of plant-based meat...more
Woodruff Sawyer’s D&O Databox™ Year-End Report provides insights about securities class action activities, developments, and historical trends—sourced from Databox, our proprietary database and leading resource for securities...more
On January 16, 2025, Judge Trina L. Thompson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a securities action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the...more
AI-related filings more than double and 1933 Act filings continue to decline. The number of securities class action filings increased for the second consecutive year in 2024, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related...more
On September 4, 2024, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Chair Gary Gensler reiterated concerns about artificial intelligence-related ("AI") disclosures and the need for companies to communicate accurately about...more
Welcome to the Q3 2024 edition of A&O Shearman’s Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly. As public companies and financial institutions continue to migrate to Texas, our Texas-based securities litigation team continues...more
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This index tracks the number of core federal filings against foreign issuers (i.e., companies headquartered outside the United States)...more
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This figure highlights recent trend categories that have appeared in core filing activity. See the Glossary for definitions of each trend...more
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - COVID-19-related filings are on pace to increase by 27% in 2024. The number of cryptocurrency-related filings in 2024 H1 (three) was in line...more
This month's SPAC Notebook follows up on our recent discussion of risk mitigation and due diligence tips for foreign companies going public in the US. We want to share more information on the current litigation environment...more
Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more
This presentation will review recent trends surrounding securities class action cases, including the impact on public companies, the industries being targeted the most, the factors most likely to trigger a lawsuit, recent...more
Many publicly reporting companies often respond to lawsuits by characterizing them as “without merit” in their securities filings. If the company does not prevail in such litigation, can it still be held responsible for...more
On Friday, May 12, 2023, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the SEC to prevent implementation of the SEC’s new Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rules, which KMK has recently...more
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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
The current bear market began only a month ago and the securities plaintiffs’ bar wasted no time bringing its first set of actions. The stock market decline caused by COVID-19 has led to economic conditions this country has...more
While the past year, or even eighteen months, was short on landmark federal securities law decisions, there was significant activity on the part of private securities litigants. In 2018, plaintiffs filed 403 new federal...more