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Supreme Court Urged to Hear Case With Potential to Alter Materiality Standard for Alleging Securities Fraud Against Auditors

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The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to hear a case that could have significant implications for auditors, law firms, and other professional services companies that assist public companies. Amicus briefs filed on...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Determine Constitutionality of SEC Administrative Law Process

On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy to review a decision by the Fifth Circuit rejecting key aspects of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or the...more

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District Courts Will Hear Constitutional Challenges to SEC and FTC Admin Courts

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court paved a path for petitioners to assert constitutional challenges to the structure of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) administrative...more

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Challenging the Constitutionality of the FTC’s Fundamental Structure/Processes

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Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Axon Enterprises- With the October 2022 term of the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court”) now underway, health care providers and others in the health care industry contemplating merger and...more

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The Supreme Court Will Review District Court Jurisdiction Over Constitutional Challenges to SEC ALJs | Fifth Circuit Holds SEC ALJ...

This alert addresses proceedings in two SEC securities enforcement actions emanating out of the Fifth Circuit. Both pose issues relating to the SEC’s power to bring enforcement proceedings in front of in-house administrative...more

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Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Newman personal benefit test in insider trading tipping cases is front and center this week as the Supreme Court agreed to consider the issue. The Court passed on the opportunity to consider the question when first...more

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Investment Management Update

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In This Issue: - SEC Announces First-of-Its-Kind Whistleblower Award To an Audit and Compliance Professional - SEC Issues No-Action Letter To Allow for Amendment of a Sub-Advisory Agreement without Shareholder...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending June 27, 2014)

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The Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated decision in Halliburton. While the Court declined to overrule Basic and its presumption of reliance based on the fraud-on-the-market theory, it did alter existing practice....more

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