On February 21, 2018, in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, [1] the Supreme Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions only apply where a securiti...
On January 31, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Mineworker’ Pension Scheme v. First Solar Inc., No. 15-17282 (9th Cir. Jan. 31, 2018)....
As part of a series of regular updates on developments in life sciences securities litigation (see Q3 2017 Quarterly Report), this report addresses recent activity in securities actions a...
Large-scale data breaches can give rise to a host of legal problems for the breached entity, ranging from consumer class action litigation to congressional inquiries and state attorneys g...
On November 29, 2017, the Solicitor General filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reversing the agency’s position and arguin...
We previously highlighted the increased activity and some emerging patterns in securities litigation against life sciences companies during the first half of 2017. This report, the first...
We
previously outlined
the growing threat of securities class action lawsuits against life sciences companies and the importance of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Omn...
On July 7, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated parts of the District Court’s class certification order in In re Petrobras Securities Litigation (“P...
On June 26, 2017, the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
split down the middle
over whether the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) appointment of Administrative ...
Decision Yesterday and Two Denials of Certiorari Today Decline to Apply American Pipe Tolling to Statutes of Repose Under Both the ’33 Act and ’34 Act
On June 26, 2017, the United St...
