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Securities Fraud Short Selling Appeals

Cooley LLP

Deciding Issue of First Impression, Fourth Circuit Holds Short-Seller Report Could Not Support Loss Causation – in Significant...

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On April 8, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the US District Court for the District of Maryland’s dismissal of all claims in Defeo et al. v. IonQ, Inc. et al., a securities class action asserting...more

Hogan Lovells

Tenth Circuit affirms dismissal of short seller’s claims against Overstock

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On October 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in In re Overstock Securities Litigation affirming the District of Utah’s dismissal of putative class action claims under the...more

A&O Shearman

Fourth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Denial Of Motion To Amend A Securities Fraud Class Action Against Quantum Computing...

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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

Alston & Bird

The Fourth Circuit Joins the Ninth Circuit in Curtailing Plaintiffs’ Use of Short Seller Reports to Plead Federal Securities...

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Our Securities Litigation Group examines the Fourth Circuit decision to limit plaintiffs’ use of short seller reports to plead federal securities claims....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Allegations in Whistleblower Complaint May Be Corrective Disclosure, but Short-Seller Posts Are Not

On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action in a decision that provides additional guidance concerning the standard for pleading loss...more

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