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SEC files initial brief in conflict minerals rule case

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

The SEC recently filed its initial brief in the case pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in which the National

SOX whistleblower protection expanded by a federal appeals court

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2013

A federal appeals court recently made it substantially easier for plaintiffs to assert claims that they were fired for "whistleblowing" activity

SEC gets five years to seek civil penalties for fraud

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2013

On February 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that if the SEC wants to bring civil penalties against an investment adviser for fraud, there is

Supreme Court's decision reshapes class certification for future securities class actions

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2013

On February 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed a long-standing circuit split on the issue of whether, when bringing a securities fraud class

Fraud and the “discovery rule” two takeaways from the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

Fraud likes to hide. Which is why, since the 18th century, courts have held that a statute of limitations for fraud does not begin to run until the

Eleventh Circuit affirms dismissal of a securities fraud claim for failure to adequately plead loss causation against a publicly traded company

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

On February 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida's

Federal Court halts Apple shareholder vote

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

On February 22, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Greenlight Capital, L.P., et al. ("Greenlight"

Company's forward-looking statements protected by the PSLRA's safe harbor

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 9 2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a securities class action complaint filed against an online

Delaware Chancery Court dismisses stockholder's derivative claim because of inadequate representation for failing to first make a section 220 books and records request

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2012

On September 25, 2012, the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed, with prejudice, a named plaintiff's derivative claim because of inadequate representation

SOX Section 304 clawback suit against former executives not charged with personal misconduct survives motion

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2012

On November 13, 2012, a federal district court in Austin, Texas, denied a motion to dismiss in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 304 clawback suit against two former executives of a corporation