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Ninth Circuit allows discharge of debt related to securities law violation

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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September 23 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has found that debts relating to a securities law violation could be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding if the debtor himself was not responsible for violating federal securities laws

Court addresses challenges to adequacy of lead plaintiff in consolidated class action

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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February 17 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently addressed lead plaintiff designation in a consolidated class action brought under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA

District court considers defendants' challenge to SEC's motion for final judgment

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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April 27 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action against defendants Robert D. Orr and Leland G. Orr alleging massive financial fraud

District court compels SEC to produce non-public documents

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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October 19 2012

The US District Court for the District of Kansas recently ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission to produce certain non-public, internal documents to defendant in a civil enforcement action

Securities fraud claim survives despite post-fraud stock recovery

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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USA
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August 10 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently considered whether a stock’s share price recovery soon after the fraud became known defeats an inference of economic loss in a securities fraud suit at the pleading stage