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SEC brings fraud case against biopharmaceutical company, three other companies and four executives for misleading investors about sole product and insider trading
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- August 2 2011
On Monday, August 1, 2011, the SEC filed suit against eight defendants for making false statements in public filings regarding the status of the human clinical trials for the drug SF-1019 by Argyll Biotechnologies LLC
Supreme Court grants cert to determine if plaintiff must prove materiality before certifying class in securities fraud class action
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 12 2012
On Monday, June 11, 2012, the Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (U.S. Jun. 11, 2012) to decide whether, in a misrepresentation case under SEC Rule l0b-5, the court must require proof of materiality before certifying a plaintiff class based on the fraud-on-the-market theory (and whether the court must allow the defendants to present evidence rebutting the applicability of the fraud-on-the-market theory before certifying the class
English medical device company Smith & Nephew plc and US subsidiary settles FCPA investigations with the SEC and DOJ
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- February 7 2012
On Monday, February 6, 2012, the SEC and DOJ resolved their respective investigations with a medical device company and its subsidiary by entering into settlements stemming from alleged bribes paid to doctors in Greece for more than a decade
