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Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -

SEC Tolling Request Not a Securities Claim Against Insured Company Under D&O Policy

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/11/2025

A Delaware Superior Court, applying Delaware law, has held that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) request to toll the statute of limitations did not constitute a “Securities Claim” under a D&O...more

2023 Securities Litigation Year in Review

Jones Day on 2/28/2024

During 2023, securities lawsuit filings rose for the first time in four years. Settlements declined last year; there were nine mega-settlements of more than $100 million, including a $1 billion settlement. Case filings...more

2021 Securities Litigation Year in Review

Jones Day on 2/24/2022

During 2021, securities case filings fell for the second consecutive year and, for the first time since 2016, fewer than 300 federal securities class actions were filed. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the number of announced...more

Securities Litigation Update: Courts of Appeals Weigh in on American Pipe Tolling and the Affiliated Ute Presumption of Reliance

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 7/15/2021

The Third Circuit extended American Pipe tolling to the period before a decision on class-certification, opening a new avenue for potential class members to assert otherwise untimely individual securities claims. The Ninth...more

Federal Securities Litigation and Regulation: A Periodic Review and Predictions for the Remainder of 2019

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/13/2019

While the past year, or even eighteen months, was short on landmark federal securities law decisions, there was significant activity on the part of private securities litigants. In 2018, plaintiffs filed 403 new federal...more

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