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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently dismissed for a second time a federal securities class action against American Express Co. (“Amex”
In early 2007, a purported class of investors in NovaStar Financial Corporation, a residential mortgage lender that made a percentage of its loans to subprime borrowers, sued NovaStar and certain of its directors and officers in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
The Ninth Circuit federal court of appeals recently held that the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), which permits in general the removal to federal court of high-dollar class actions involving diverse parties, does not supersede section 22(a)’s specific bar against removal of cases arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (’33 Act
