By Dan Roe | March 28, 2023
Andrew Rhys Davies is the third government lawyer to join Wilmer's New York securities litigation practice in the past year.
New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion
By Anthony Michael Sabino | March 28, 2023
In the first two installments in this series, the author discussed Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders, and Lorenzo v. S.E.C., both essential to understanding S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto, the Second Circuit's most recent holding regarding Rule 10b-5 "scheme" liability, discussed here.
By Anthony Michael Sabino | March 22, 2023
The author's goal of his three-part series is to ultimately discuss the Second Circuit's recent Securities law landmark case, S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto. However, in order to discuss Rio Tinto, he believes it is important to first understand the Supreme Court cases upon which Rio Tinto is based: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Trader, discussed in the first installment, and S.E.C v. Lorenzo, discussed here.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Greg Markel and Sarah Fedner | March 20, 2023
One reason for this difference is that securities cases often have very large amounts of money at stake (hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars are commonly claimed).
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Michael B. Eisenkraft | March 15, 2023
A recession seems all but certain, as the Fed is still expected to push interest rates higher by a 0.25 percentage point later this March, despite the recent run on the banks.
By John C. Coffee Jr. | March 15, 2023
On April 17, the Supreme Court is set to hear argument in Slack Technologies v. Pirani, a case which seemingly deals with a technical issue of standing under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, but which could render that provision largely irrelevant. In his Corporate Securities column, Professor John Coffee discusses both the implications of Slack and the predictable attempts by issuers and underwriters to downsize Section 11 further by manipulating its tracing requirements.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | March 15, 2023
In a recent decision by Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the former is called the "Red-Flags Theory" of liability, as set forth in In re Caremark International Derivative Litigation, 698 A.2d 959 (Del. Ch. 1996), while the latter is called the "Massey Theory" of In re Massey Energy, 2011 WL 2176479 (Del. Ch. May 31, 2011
By Anthony Michael Sabino | March 14, 2023
The author's goal of his three-part series is to ultimately discuss the Second Circuit's recent Securities law landmark case, S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto. However, in order to discuss Rio Tinto, he believes it is important to first understand the Supreme Court landmark cases upon which Rio Tinto is based: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Trader and S.E.C v. Lorenzo. Janus is discussed here in the first installment.
By Emily Saul | March 13, 2023
New York Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok approved the $145 million settlement.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | February 17, 2023
"We were the underdog, but we were the competent underdog," James K. Robertson of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey said.
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