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Sixth Circuit Vacates Class Certification In Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against Electric Services Company

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On August 13, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a district court order granting class certification in a putative securities class action against an electric services company (the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies the Standards and Proof Required to Meet the Reliance Element of a Securities Fraud Claim

On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an opinion by Justice Barrett on the reliance element of a securities fraud claim. In a unanimous portion of her opinion (the “Decision”), Justice Barrett held that courts may...more

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Northern District Of California Denies Class Certification For Failure To Demonstrate Commonality As To Reliance

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On October 27, 2021, Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in a putative class action against a major financial...more

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SCOTUS Grants Certiorari to Decide Whether Automatic Discovery Stay Applies to Securities Act Cases in State Court

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SCOTUS Grants Certiorari to Decide Whether Automatic Discovery Stay Applies to Securities Act Cases in State Court; Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Stockholder Suit Against FedEx for Failure to Make Pre-Litigation...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - June 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February 2018 and May 2018. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies How Price Impact Can Be Rebutted at the Class Certification Stage in Securities Fraud Class Actions

Last month, in Arkansas Teachers Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., the Second Circuit vacated the Southern District of New York’s order certifying a class in a Rule 10b-5 securities fraud class action. At issue...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities - June 2017

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February 2017 and April 2017. The cases address developing trends in class actions, ERISA, fiduciary duties,...more

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Plaintiffs’ Securities Claims Denied Class Treatment for Failure to Satisfy Predominance Requirement

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On May 15, 2017, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied class treatment to a proposed class action alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In its...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts: An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2016 / Volume 8 / Issue 3

We are pleased to present Inside the Courts (Volume 8, Issue 3), Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter. This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between...more

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