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Supreme Court: securities fraud plaintiffs need not prove materiality to certify a class

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2013

The Supreme Court recently issued a much-anticipated decision in Amgen, holding that securities class action plaintiffs do not have to prove that

Supreme Court: statute of limitations in SEC fraud cases begins to run when fraud occurs, not when discovered

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2013

The Supreme Court today ruled that in an SEC action to recover civil penalties, the five-year statute of limitations begins to run when fraud occurs

Supreme Court holds that securities fraud plaintiffs do not have to prove materiality to certify a class

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2013

The Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision today in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, 568 U.S. __

New FCPA decision: how long is the FCPA’s reach?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

A little more than a year after Deustche Telekom ("DT") and Magyar Telekom entered into multi-million dollar settlements with the SEC and DOJ to

It’s not dead yet: the SEC fights another market timing battle

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

In a case arising out of the 2003 marketing timing scandals, the U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Gabelli v. Securities and

ALJ bars fund PM over pricing matter

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

The SEC's Chief Administrative Law Judge sanctioned a former bond fund portfolio manager for withholding material information from a fund fair

Excessive fee case survives motion to dismiss

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

On December 17, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey allowed a Section 36(b) excessive fee claim to proceed against Hartford

Court orders hedge fund to disgorge funds in connection with deceptive returns

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

On January 9, 2013, the SEC announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ordered a hedge fund manager and one of its principals

Federal court decision supports use of “big-boy letters”

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2012

“Big-Boy Letters” are often used as a tool to limit an issuer’s or broker-dealer’s potential liability in connection with a private sale of securities

SEC extends temporary rule for adviser principal trades

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2012

The SEC has proposed to extend by two years a temporary rule that establishes an alternative means for registered investment advisers that are also registered as broker-dealers to meet the requirements of Section 206(3) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 when they act in a principal capacity in transactions with certain of their advisory clients