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SDNY Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against AI Company

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On July 23, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against an artificial intelligence (AI) company (the “Company”) and certain of...more

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Generac Holdings, Inc.: Court dismisses complaint alleging COVID-related omissions

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In City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa Bay et al. v. Generac Holdings, Inc., et al., the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed a consolidated class action complaint alleging...more

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Chen v. Lyft: California federal court dismisses securities suit where misstatement was corrected within an hour

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In Chen v. Lyft, the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California dismissed a federal securities class action lawsuit alleging that a typo in a press release from Lyft constituted securities fraud. The press...more

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Northern District Of California Dismisses Class Action Against Power Solutions And Modules Company

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On June 6, 2025, Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted without prejudice a motion to dismiss a putative securities fraud class action against a developer of...more

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Northern District Of California Dismisses Putative Securities Class Action Against Grocery Delivery Company For Failure To...

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On May 9, 2025, Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a purported securities class action against a grocery delivery company (the “Company”), certain of its officers and...more

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Eastern District Of New York Grants In Part And Denies In Part Motion To Dismiss Against Manufacturer Of Security Devices

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On April 11, 2025, Judge Brian M. Cogan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging violations of Sections...more

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Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies 2024 Year in Review

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Welcome to our ninth annual report on US securities class actions filed against publicly traded life sciences companies, which include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare companies....more

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Northern District Of California Grants Motion To Dismiss Securities Fraud Claim Against Ridesharing Company

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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

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“Shadow Trading” is Insider Trading: Jury Establishes Liability in Historic Shadow Trading Case

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On April 5, 2024, a jury found Matthew Panuwat civilly liable for insider trading in violation of federal securities laws in a first-of-its-kind “shadow trading” case (also referred to as “sympathy trading”), which was...more

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Exercise Caution Before Stating a Lawsuit is "Without Merit"

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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

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Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Investment Firm from Stockholder Derivative Suit

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Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Investment Firm from Stockholder Derivative Suit; Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Majority of Claims Alleging that California Biotech Firm Profited from Nonpublic Information...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Stock-Drop Lawsuit, Citing Shareholder’s “Implausible” Scienter Theory

On June 10, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action against Endologix, Inc., a medical device company, on the grounds that the shareholder’s core...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds That Courts Should Scrutinize Economic Plausibility of Securities Fraud Complaints in Evaluating Scienter

On June 10, 2020, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action in a potentially significant decision for securities defendants, particularly those in the pharmaceutical, biotech and...more

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