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Tenth Circuit holds corporate shareholders do not have standing under RICO to sue derivatively for alleged injuries to corporation

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USA
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March 8 2010

In Bixler v. Foster, No. 09-2138, 2010 WL 597477 (10th Cir. Feb. 22, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action lawsuit brought by minority shareholders of Mineral Energy and Technology Corporation (“METCO”) against its directors and lawyers

Ninth Circuit reaffirms existing precedent on materiality and "motive and opportunity" scienter allegations

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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December 7 2009

In Siracusano v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., 2009 WL 3448282 (9th Cir. Oct. 28, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a decision by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona granting defendant Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.’s (“Matrix”) motion to dismiss a putative securities fraud class action brought under Section 10(b) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Second Circuit reverses order disqualifying defense counsel in suit over demutualization of insurance company

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USA
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October 13 2009

In Murray v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., No. 09-3716-CV, 2009 WL 3080462 (2d Cir. Sept. 29, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed an order by the district court disqualifying defense counsel for a life insurance company in an action alleging fraud in connection with the demutualization of defendant life insurance company

Third Circuit applies Tellabs to reject motive and opportunity test in favor of a "holistic approach" to pleading scienter in securities fraud actions

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USA
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June 18 2009

In Institutional Investors Group v. Avaya, Inc., 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 9110 (3d Cir. April 30, 2009), a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit applied the United States Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., 551 U.S. 308 (2007), for the first time to existing case law in the Third Circuit

Ninth Circuit holds that district courts may reject, but may not select, lead plaintiffs' counsel in class actions brought under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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November 11 2009

In In re Cohen, No. 09-70378, 2009 WL 3681701 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed an order by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that rejected co-lead plaintiff’s selection of counsel and instead appointed a firm selected by the district court

Eleventh Circuit affirms dismissal of options backdating securities fraud class action for failure to meet Reform Act's heightened pleading standards

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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February 12 2010

In Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc., No. 09-10954, 2010 WL 154519 (11th Cir. Jan. 19, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of securities fraud and insider trading claims arising out of options backdating

Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of securities fraud complaint where inference of scienter was not supported by sufficiently particularized allegations of fact

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USA
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February 12 2010

In Konkol v. Diebold, Inc., No. 08-4572, 2009 WL 4909110 (6th Cir. Dec. 22, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit applied the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., 551 U.S. 308 (2007), to hold that securities fraud plaintiffs must plead an inference of scienter that is both “cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing competing inference.”

In Omnicom Second Circuit provides guidance on what type of information will justify investor reliance for securities fraud

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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April 6 2010

In re Omnicom Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 08-0612-CV, 2010 WL 774311 (2d Cir. Mar. 9, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing a securities fraud class action for failure to proffer sufficient evidence to support a finding of loss causation

Second Circuit holds that computer hacking for purposes of trading on inside information may be a "deceptive device" under Section 10(b) even in the absence of a breach of any fiduciary duty

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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August 7 2009

In SEC v. Dorozhko, 2009 WL 2169201 (2d Cir. July 22, 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that computer hacking for purposes of obtaining and trading on inside information may be a “deceptive device” under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, even where the hacker owed no fiduciary duty to the issuer

United States Supreme Court limits scope of federal criminal "honest services" fraud statute

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USA
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July 30 2010

In Skilling v United States, 2010 WL 2518587 (US Jun 24, 2010), the United States Supreme Court significantly limited the scope of a criminal statute used frequently by federal prosecutors to criminalize a wide range of behavior by business executives and public officials

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