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6 Oct 2015, 2:51 am by Amy Howe
Kulbicki, arguing that the decision below was “clearly wrong as a matter of Sixth Amendment jurisprudence,” while in the Stanford Lawyer Joseph Grundfest explains why the denial of review in a major insider-trading case is “entirely unsurprising. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 4:24 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Adoption of the Grundfest Clause A number of public companies have adopted a provision in their articles of incorporation or bylaws proposed by Stanford professor (and former SEC commissioner) Joseph Grundfest. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 1:11 am by Kevin LaCroix
Rebecca Beyer’s January 5, 2010 Daily Journal article (here, registration required) about the decision quotes Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest as saying that "the distinction as to shareholders who hold shares prior to the bylaw amendment and after the bylaw amendment makes no sense….Every bylaw amendment has to bind all shareholders or it can't work. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 4:21 pm
Speaking at a Nov. 5 conference in San Francisco hosted by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Stanford University Law Professor Joseph Grundfest said Christmas had come "early" for investor lawyers, and the only question is "what's in the boxes and what's under the tree," according to The D&O Diary, a weblog written by insurance lawyer Kevin LaCroix. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 8:08 am
" Joseph Grundfest, a securities law professor at Stanford Law School, expressed concern that lower courts may interpret the Tellabs standard as "the equivalent of baseball's rule of 'a tie goes to the runner.'" "This approach would ignore the court's admonition that the inference of [intent] must be more than merely 'reasonable' or 'permissible'--it must be cogent and compelling, thus strong in light of other… [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 7:32 am by Kevin LaCroix
”    The press release also quotes Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest as saying that “although the number of lawsuits filed is little changed, the cases filed are much smaller and will lead to smaller recoveries for the plaintiff class down the road. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 7:33 am by Kevin LaCroix
" The press release quotes Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest as saying that "plaintiffs lawyers are scrambling for new business as traditional fraud cases seem to be on the decline," adding that "there is little reason to believe that this trend will reverse or slow down. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 4:10 am by Kevin LaCroix
As Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest is quoted as saying the press release accompanying the report, if the Supreme Court throws out the “fraud on the market” theory in the Halliburton case, “it will become impossible to certify a large number of Section 10(b) class actions. [read post]
17 Jun 2024, 8:36 am by Kevin LaCroix
Indeed, in a particularly interesting aspect of the pleadings filed in connection with the company’s petition, Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest, in an amicus brief filed in support of the company’s petition, argued that a statistical analysis is possible to support the court’s consideration of whether a split between the circuits in sufficiently important to warrant the Court’s review of a question. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 9:10 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The press release quotes Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest, who notes that the upsurge in SEC whistleblower reports raises the questions whether the SEC will translate these reports into enforcement actions, and, if so, whether “private-party plaintiffs will be successful in prosecuting ‘piggyback’ claims that copy the Commission’s complaints. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 12:58 pm by Ilya Somin
Stanford law Professor Joseph Grundfest outlines a variety of possible legal challenges to Bill 826 and urges affirmative action advocates to pursue other strategies to achieve their aims. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 4:32 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Professor Joseph Grundfest has been a prime proponent of the idea and we wrote here about a speech he gave about it recently. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 11:50 am by Kevin LaCroix
. ******************* The title of this article is a quote from Stanford Law School professor Joseph Grundfest that he made earlier this year in connection with the release by the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and Cornerstone Research of their report on securities class action filings in 2022. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 5:00 am
  Amici for the defendants included William Baumol, Michael Bradley, William Carney, Stephen Choi, Robert Clark, John Coates, Allen Ferrell, Joseph Grundfest, Ehud Kamar, Steven Kaplan, Edmund Kitch, Kate Litvak, Thomas Lys, Jonathan Macey, Fred McChesney, Adam Pritchard, Mark Ramseyer, Larry Ribstein, Eric Roiter, Steven Schwarcz, Kenneth Scott, J.W. [read post]