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Court Overseeing the Valeant Securities Litigation Issues a Highly Anticipated Decision Ruling that Alleged Misstatements in Rule 144A Offerings Are Not Actionable Under Section 12(a)(2)
May 16, 2017 | Blog | By James Taylor-Copeland, Joel Rothman
In an April 28, 2017 ruling on a motion to dismiss in the In re Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Securities Litigation (the “Valeant Litigation”), the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey addressed an issue that has yet to be addressed by any Federal Circuit court and which has split the District Courts below.
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Update: Briefs Filed in CalPERS v. ANZ Securities
April 14, 2017 | Blog | By Joel Rothman, Angela DiIenno
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in CalPERS v. ANZ Securities. Previously we provided a comprehensive overview of CalPERS’s brief. In anticipation of oral arguments, below we discuss the arguments raised in ANZ’s brief and CalPERS’s reply.
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Dueling Classes Dispute the Breadth of Released Claims in the Halliburton Securities Litigation
April 11, 2017 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
In the long-running Halliburton securities litigation, a dispute has arisen between two rival class proponents.
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Briefs Filed in CalPERS v. ANZ Securities
March 24, 2017 | Blog | By Joel Rothman, Angela DiIenno
On February 27, 2017, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) filed its brief with the Supreme Court, requesting that the Court reverse the decision of the Second Circuit and abrogate the Second Circuit’s ruling in Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit v. IndyMac MBC, Inc., as inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s holding in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah.
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LendingClub Update: Class Plaintiffs Claim Defendants Are "Arguing Facts" on a Motion to Dismiss
March 8, 2017 | Blog | By Terry McMahon
We have been keeping up with the In re LendingClub Securities Litigation class action, No. 3:16-cv-02627-WHA in the Northern District of California (“LendingClub”), in regard to Judge William Alsup’s unusual decision to require additional briefing from the class plaintiff before agreeing to the class plaintiff’s choice of class counsel.
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Proposed Class Action Fairness Act Could Negatively Affect Institutions' Securities Class Action Recovery
March 2, 2017 | Blog | By Patrick E. McDonough, Joel Rothman
Recently introduced legislation pending before the U.S. House of Representatives attempts to make wide-sweeping reforms to the procedural rules governing class actions and, if implemented, could permanently alter the class action landscape and render class actions a “shadow of what we know today,” according to Reuters.
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Federal Court of Australia Approves a Common Fund Class Action Model for the First Time - No Opt-In Required
February 2, 2017 | Blog
As discussed in this space before, Australia is quickly becoming a key venue for securities class action litigation. With the release of its decision in Money Max Int. Pty. Ltd. (Trustee) v. QBE Insurance Group Limited, the Federal Court of Australia took another step toward making Australia a class-friendly location.
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Viability of Dutch Claims Foundations In Question
January 18, 2017 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
As we have previously noted (here and here), Dutch Foundations (or Stichtings) have been considered a useful tool in seeking recovery for losses on foreign securities.
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Away Game: Canadian Supreme Court Allows Superior Court Judges to Determine Settlement Motions Outside of their Home Provinces
December 6, 2016 | Blog
Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada had the opportunity to decide a specific issue with potentially large ramifications. In Endean v. British Columbia (Endean), the Court considered whether judges of the Canadian Superior Courts have jurisdiction to hear motions in a different province.
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Court in the BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation Upholds Opt-Out Procedures But Then Allows Individual Action Plaintiffs to Opt Back Into $175 Million Settlement
November 29, 2016 | Blog | By Kevin Mortimer, Joel Rothman
On November 4, 2016, Judge Keith Ellison of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted preliminary approval of a $175 million settlement in the federal securities class action In re: BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation between BP and Lead Plaintiffs for the “post-explosion” class.
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Court Dismisses Claims Alleging that Yahoo Is Illegally Acting as an Unregistered Investment Company
November 8, 2016 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
Recently, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) dismissed claims against Yahoo, Inc., holding that a 16-year old exemption granted to Yahoo by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) barred the plaintiff’s claims alleging that Yahoo was operating as an unregistered investment company in violation of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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UPDATE: Court in LendingClub Class Action Appoints Lead Plaintiff’s Counsel as Class Counsel
November 3, 2016 | Blog | By Terry McMahon
We posted earlier about the surprising decision of Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California not to appoint lead counsel in the LendingClub class action cases at the same time he appointed a lead plaintiff.
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In GAMCO v. Vivendi, the Second Circuit Affirms that Value Investors Can Rely on the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption Unless Specific Facts Establish Non-Reliance
October 11, 2016 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
On September 27, 2016, the Second Circuit ruled against a value investor in an opt-out action brought in the continuing Vivendi litigation. The recently issued opinion, however, does have positive implications for institutional investor class participants.
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Canadian Appellate Court Confirms That Judges Must Consider Evidence From Both Parties when Deciding a Motion for Leave to Bring a Class Action
October 5, 2016 | Blog
As detailed repeatedly in this space, the Canadian court system has issued a number of decisions which have altered the practice of bringing – or defending against – a securities class action for secondary market misrepresentation.
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Court in LendingClub Class Action Requires Due Diligence by Lead Plaintiff Before Approving Lead Counsel
September 27, 2016 | Blog | By Terry McMahon
In a recent decision in the now-consolidated LendingClub class action cases, Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California appointed a lead plaintiff but unexpectedly declined to appoint lead counsel at the same time.
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Virtus Investment Partners Asks the Court to Certify for Interlocutory Appeal Its Decision on Loss Causation Concerning Mutual Fund Disclosures
September 13, 2016 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
Although this blog is focused typically on opportunities for institutional investors to recover losses as class members or plaintiffs, we think this decision in Youngers v. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., may also be of interest.
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After Adopting the "Fraud-on-the-Market" Presumption of Reliance, Australia is Poised to Become a Plaintiff-Friendly Venue
August 18, 2016 | Blog
The United States is a popular location for securities class actions, due in large part to its reputation as a generally plaintiff-friendly system.
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Recent Developments in Petrobras Class Action Could Interfere with Trial Date
July 29, 2016 | Blog | By Terry McMahon
There have been several recent and interesting updates to the In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, 14-cv-9662 (S.D.N.Y.) that we have discussed several times on this blog. First, the Second Circuit has decided to accept review of the class certification question.
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Dutch Foundation Dismissed for Inadequate Safeguarding of Members’ Interests
July 14, 2016 | Blog | By Kevin Mortimer, Joel Rothman
On June 29, 2016, the Dutch Court of East Brabant dismissed a foundation’s claims against Rabobank Group for alleged unlawful selling of interest rate swaps because it failed to meet the requirement of the Dutch Claim Code that a foundation sufficiently safeguard the interests of its members.
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Canadian Court Holds That Evidentiary Requirement For Leave To File Securities Class Action Is "Not A Low Bar"
June 14, 2016 | Blog
In January of 2016, this blog commented on the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the seminal case of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green.
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