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Pricewaterhousecoopers, L.L.P. v. Jitendra Bhatia

Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs, who were individual and institutional investors in so-called Madoff feeder funds, against defendants who managed...

Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Constitutional Law, ERISA
In an action in which plaintiffs allege that defendants breached the fiduciary duty of prudence imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a putative class action against defendant-company and one of its executives, alleging that they made misrepresentations designed to inflate...

Hasso v. Hapke

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-successor trustee of two family trusts that invested in the RAM hedge fund, which was then devastated by the stock...

Quadrant Structured Products Co., Ltd. v. Vertin

Contracts, Securities Law
In an action for alleged wrongdoing related to notes purchased by plaintiff from defendant, the certified questions from the Supreme Court of the...

City of Edinburgh Council v. Pfizer, Inc.

Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
Dismissal of a private securities fraud class action under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), in which...

Deka Int'l S.A. Luxemborg v. Genzyme Corp.

Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' securities fraud action against defendant, and several company executives is affirmed, where: 1) the district court correctly...

United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Contracts, Securities Law
The district court's order refusing to approve a settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and defendant is vacated and remanded,...

Trezziova v. Kohn

Banking Law, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' state‐law claims against defendant-banks as precluded by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA) is...

CalPERS v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action challenging the veracity of defendant-rating agencies' assignment of highly favorable credit ratings to three structured investment...