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BP Deepwater Horizon Derivative Suit Dismissed in Favor of English Forum
A wave of litigation followed in the wake of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Among this litigation were several shareholder derivative suits filed against certain directors and officers of...
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Guest Post: Second Circuit Holds that American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to...
An important recurring issue is the questions whether the prior filing of a securities class action lawsuit tolls the applicable statute of repose under the federal securities laws. In an important...
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Supreme Court to Decide Securities Act Statute of Repose Issue in IndyMac MBS...
The U.S. Supreme Court has added yet another lawsuit to its growing list of securities law cases by agreeing to take up the IndyMac MBS securities suit, to consider whether the filing of a class action...
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Some Things to Think About While We Await the Supreme Court’s Decision in...
The U.S Supreme Court did not issue its long-awaited decision in the Halliburton case yesterday and so it looks as if we will have to wait a little while longer to find out whether or not the Court...
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Guest Post: Class Certification Timing and the IndyMac MBS Case in the...
As I discussed in a prior post (here), in March 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up the IndyMac case in order to consider whether the filing of a class action lawsuit tolls the statute of...
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider the Securities Act Statute of Repose Issue in...
As I had noted on this blog (here), one of the important securities law cases on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket for the upcoming term involved the failed IndyMac bank. The Court had granted cert in...
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Sixth Circuit, in Agreement with Second Circuit, Holds American Pipe Tolling...
Among the important legal issues that arise in connection with securities class action litigation is the question of impact of the filing of a complaint on the running of the statutes of limitation and...
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Guest Post: Second Circuit Expands the IndyMac Rule
One of the important and recurring issues under the federal securities laws is the question of whether or not American Pipe tolling applies to the statute of repose in the securities laws’ liability...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Securities Act Statute of Repose Tolling Question
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case arising out of the credit crisis-era collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, in order to decide whether or not, under principles known as...
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Do Opt-Out Settlements of $217.5 Million Foreshadow the Future of Securities...
In June 2017 when the U.S. Supreme Court entered its opinion in California Public Employees Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, in which the Court affirmed the Second Circuit and held that Securities...
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Supreme Court to Decide Securities Act Statute of Repose Issue in IndyMac MBS...
The U.S. Supreme Court has added yet another lawsuit to its growing list of securities law cases by agreeing to take up the IndyMac MBS securities suit, to consider whether the filing of a class action...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some Things to Think About While We Await the Supreme Court’s Decision in...
The U.S Supreme Court did not issue its long-awaited decision in the Halliburton case yesterday and so it looks as if we will have to wait a little while longer to find out whether or not the Court...
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Guest Post: Class Certification Timing and the IndyMac MBS Case in the...
As I discussed in a prior post (here), in March 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up the IndyMac case in order to consider whether the filing of a class action lawsuit tolls the statute of...
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider the Securities Act Statute of Repose Issue in...
As I had noted on this blog (here), one of the important securities law cases on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket for the upcoming term involved the failed IndyMac bank. The Court had granted cert in...
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Sixth Circuit, in Agreement with Second Circuit, Holds American Pipe Tolling...
Among the important legal issues that arise in connection with securities class action litigation is the question of impact of the filing of a complaint on the running of the statutes of limitation and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest Post: Second Circuit Expands the IndyMac Rule
One of the important and recurring issues under the federal securities laws is the question of whether or not American Pipe tolling applies to the statute of repose in the securities laws’ liability...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Securities Act Statute of Repose Tolling Question
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case arising out of the credit crisis-era collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, in order to decide whether or not, under principles known as...
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Guest Post: Protecting Securities Fraud Recoveries: Investors Face a Catch-22
David KaplanLane ArnoldOne of the most important aspects of class action litigation in the U.S. is the right of individuals to “opt out” of the class. However, as discussed in the following guest post...
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Guest Post: Update on The Valeant Appeal: Third Circuit Rejects The...
David KaplanHani FarahIn a recent post (here), David Kaplan of the Saxena White P.A. law firm and Lane Arnold, a Senior Director – Legal at the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management...
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