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In re Petrobras Securities

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law, Commercial Law
Affirming the district court's ruling that a class of securities litigants was entitled to the presumption of reliance, but vacating and remanding a...

California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a case where members of a securities class-action opted out of a settlement and filed an untimely claim of their own, it was held that the timely...

Stadnick v. Vivint Solar, Inc.

Securities Law, Commercial Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In a securities class action complaint, the plaintiff wanted the court to apply a 1st Circuit test for financial disclosures and argued they were...

Ashmore v. CGI Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
The appeal of a whistleblower's dismissal as plaintiff and attempt to substitute another party was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the...

Kokesh v. SEC

White Collar Crime, Securities Law
In a case arising out of an SEC enforcement action, alleging that petitioner violated various securities laws by concealing the misappropriation of...

Resh v. China Agritech, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a putative class action alleging that defendant and its managers and directors violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the district court's...

In Re: Biogen Inc. Sec. Litig.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a putative class action securities case involving allegations that corporate officials misled the public about the effect of one patient's death on...

Starr Int'l Co., Inc. v. US

Securities Law, Government Law, Banking Law
In a suit arising out of a loan from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under which the federal Government acquired a majority stake in American...

In re: Lehman Bros.

Bankruptcy Law, Securities Law
In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy appeal by thousands of former employees of debtor who held restricted stock units that were rendered worthless after the...

Applied Medical Corporation v. Thomas

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance, Contracts
In a corporate governance action, arising from plaintiff corporation's suit over the exercise of its right to repurchase shares of its stock, given to...