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Fourth Circuit reverses dismissal of Section 10(b) claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

The plaintiffs, on behalf of shareholders of a company which owned various mutual funds, alleged, among other things, that the mutual funds’ investment advisor was responsible for certain misleading statements appearing in prospectuses for a number of the funds in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

District Court grants motion to dismiss false projections claims

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2009

A District Court dismissed class action claims asserted under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Supreme Court denies SEC extra time to bring enforcement actions for civil penalties

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

The US Supreme Court recently held that the Securities and Exchange Commission has five years from the date an alleged fraud occurs, not from the

Plaintiffs adequately allege Exchange Act violations against Ponzi scheme operators

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2009

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss a complaint alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5

Remand appropriate because fraud claim did not necessarily raise federal issue

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2009

The plaintiff filed a complaint in California state court alleging four state law causes of action, including claims for fraud, in connection with a "hostile takeover" of the plaintiff

Insider stock sales that were not unusual did not raise inference of scienter

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2009

Plaintiffs, purchasers of the common stock of a sportswear manufacturing company, commenced a class action litigation against the company and two of its officers and directors, alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Amended complaint cures defective scienter allegations

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 13 2009

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss after plaintiffs in a securities fraud action amended their complaint to add statements based on confidential witness information and other allegations

New York federal court dismisses Section 10(b) claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2009

A New York federal court dismissed a claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act because the court found defendants had no duty to disclose the allegedly omitted information

Ninth Circuit overrides lower court lead counsel appointment

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 13 2009

The Ninth Circuit ruled that the district court erred in refusing to appoint lead plaintiffs’ chosen counsel in a consolidated securities class action

Dismissal of securities fraud claim involving Hurricane Katrina losses affirmed

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a securities fraud class action suit brought against defendant PXRE Group, Ltd. (a reinsurance company) and its officers and directors because plaintiffs failed to adequately plead scienter