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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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Middle District Of Florida Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Recycling Company For Failure To Adequately Allege...

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On August 4, 2022, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed without prejudice a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a recycling...more

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Central District Of California Largely Denies Motion To Dismiss Putative Class Action Regarding Proposed Acquisition Of Space...

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On July 13, 2022, the United States District Court for the Central District of California largely denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a special...more

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SPACs are Not Investment Companies

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On August 17, 2021, a purported shareholder of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. ("PSTH") filed a derivative lawsuit against PSTH, a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") sponsored by investment funds managed by...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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SEC Charges SPAC, Sponsor, Target, and CEO Over Misleading Proposed de-SPAC Transaction Disclosures

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On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against special purpose acquisition corporation Stable Road Acquisition Company, its sponsor SRC-NI, its CEO Brian Kabot, the SPAC’s proposed...more

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House Releases Draft Legislation Eliminating SPAC Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements

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The rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as a popular alternative structure for taking a company public in the past year has caused increased regulatory scrutiny surrounding the SPAC structure. On May 24,...more

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