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On May 23, 2025, in a significant decision with implications for future short-swing trading claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court affirmed two district court decisions holding that a...more
In Craig v. Target Corporation, et al., the District Court for the Middle District of Florida considered whether Target Corporation (Target) committed securities violations by failing to disclose risks related to an ESG and...more
On November 22, 2024, the United States Supreme Court dismissed Meta’s appeal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision to partially reinstate a putative class action asserting claims under the...more
On November 4, 2024, Judge Denise L. Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a putative class action brought under Sections 10b-5...more
On October 30, 2024, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana adopted the September 30, 2024 Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Kayla Dye McClusky and granted...more
On October 31, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived claims brought under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 against an outside auditor (the...more
On September 9, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced settled charges against seven public companies for violation of the whistleblower protection rule in connection with employment, separation,...more
On September 13, 2024, Judge K. Michael Moore of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a complaint alleging that an equity fund (the “Company”), its affiliate companies, and several...more
In Maso Cap. Invs. Ltd. v. E-House (China) Holdings Ltd., No. 22-355 (2d Cir. June 10, 2024), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative securities-fraud...more
On June 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative shareholders’ class action against a real estate company (the “Company”) and several of its directors (the...more
On April 12, 2024, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., vacating a Second Circuit judgment that had reinstated claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities...more
On May 14, 2024, Judge Rita F. Lin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against a ridesharing company (the “Company”) and...more
On May 10, 2024, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action against a global footwear and apparel company...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved a circuit split on the issue of whether a failure to disclose information under Item 303 of Regulation S-K (the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more
The Supreme Court recently took away an often-used weapon by shareholder plaintiffs in securities fraud cases, ruling that “pure omissions” from periodic SEC filings (absent any other duty to disclose) are not actionable...more
On April 12, 2024, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L. P., vacating a judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that had reinstated claims...more
Showcasing its shadow trading theory in a case of first impression, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) secured a favorable verdict in a closely watched case. After hearing testimony over eight days of trial, a...more
\On April 5, 2024, a jury in Federal Court in California found that the SEC established that Defendant Matthew Panuwat was liable under a civil misappropriation theory of insider trading violations of Section 10(b) of the...more
On March 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a trial court decision dismissing a putative securities class action brought by purchasers of crypto assets against an international crypto...more
On March 14, 2024, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendants’ motions to dismiss a putative class action against a China-based ride hailing company, certain...more
On October 11, 2023, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed for lack of standing an appeal from the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities...more
On September 25, 2023, Judge Pamela K. Chen 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 securities class action alleging that an...more
On August 21, 2023, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion for reconsideration of his denial of an earlier motion to dismiss a putative securities class...more
On August 8, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a direct-to-consumer...more
On July 24, 2023, Judge William G. Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted in part, and denied in part, a motion to dismiss a putative class action brought against a software...more