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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

US Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Decide Whether Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act Allows for a Private Right of...

On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in FS Credit Opportunities Corp., et al. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., et al., 24-345 to resolve a circuit split over whether Section 47(b) of the Investment Company...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: Oct. 1 Quarterly Review

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Justice Louis Powell and the Evolution of Modern Securities Law: A Review of a History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court

The words “Supreme Court” tend to stir up current social issues and intermingled constitutional law issues. Public news attention tends to focus on the “headlining grabbing” issues the Court considers, while less glamorous...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The SEC (and Other Agencies) Could Lose a Powerful Enforcement Tool

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the use of administrative law judges passes constitutional muster If the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a recent Fifth Circuit ruling, it could end the use of administrative proceedings...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

A&O Shearman

United States Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Securities Act Case Raising Questions of Standing

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Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case raising questions of when investors have standing to sue under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). Slack...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The Ten Most Significant Class Action Cases of 2014

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Year-end lists are funny things. They take a sort-of arbitrary starting and stopping point, and then they cram a bunch of prejudices into a (usually) arbitrary number of items. And then people take them kind of seriously....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Halliburton And The Future of Securities Class Actions: Part I

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On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 the Supreme Court will hear argument in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317. The case has the potential to rewrite the rules for how securities class actions are brought. This...more

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