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Senators introduce legislation to overturn Central Bank and Stoneridge decisions

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2009

Senators Arlen Specter (D-PA), Edward Kaufman (D-Del.), and Jack Reed (D-RI) proposed new legislation, entitled the Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violation Act of 2009, that would provide a private right of action against third parties who aid and abet securities fraud

Shareholder suit dismissed for insufficient scienter allegations

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a consolidated securities fraud action, holding that the complaint's scienter allegations did not meet the required heightened pleading standards

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

Texas District Court addresses misappropriation theory of insider trading

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 15 2013

The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently denied a defendant's motion for summary judgment in a Securities and Exchange

Supreme Court creates bright line test under Rule 10b-5

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court has found that a party that assists in the drafting and dissemination of a misleading statement related to the sale of a security - but that is not the legal entity ultimately responsible for the statement - will not be subject to liability for securities fraud under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5

Absence of "hard numbers" scuttles securities fraud claims

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2011

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed securities fraud claims against a dental device maker based on the plaintiffs' failure to allege sufficient "hard numbers" showing that the defendants knew their public statements were false when made

Supreme Court rejects statistical significance as bright-line rule for materiality

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court found that allegations of "statistical significance" were not a requirement for pleading materiality in a securities fraud action arising from a pharmaceutical company's alleged failure to disclose reports linking its cold remedy with loss of smell

Securities fraud claim survives despite post-fraud stock recovery

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Ninth Circuit affirms jury verdict in options backdating enforcement action

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 25 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict against Carl Jasper, the chief financial officer of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., that held him liable for the violations of several securities laws stemming from the improper accounting of backdated options

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

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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