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Class Action Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) Securities Exchange Act of 1934

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Northern District Of California Dismisses Class Action Against Social Media Company

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On May 19, 2025, Judge Edward J. Davila of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed without prejudice a proposed securities fraud class action asserting claims against a social...more

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Colorado District Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Software Company For Failing To Adequately Allege Scienter Or...

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On April 4, 2025, Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed with prejudice a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 and the...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Exchange Act Claims Against Post deSPAC Company, Holding That Shareholders Of The SPAC Lack...

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On August 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s dismissal of a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b)...more

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Section 18 "Eyeball Reliance" Claim Brought to the SPAC Fight

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As my Mintz colleague, Peter Saparoff, suggested a few years back, Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, "while seldom used in the past, has been increasingly used by institutional investors in suits against...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct

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Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct; S.D.N.Y Grants Plaintiffs’ Partial Summary Judgment in Securities Class Action Against Perrigo; SPAC Investors Launch...more

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