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DELAWARE SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT OWN SHARES LACK STANDING TO FILE A DERIVATIVE SUIT

25 Feb 2008, 3:30 pm

  “Given the absence of statutory authority” for such an expansion, and given the absence of evidence that such standing would be necessary to “prevent a complete failure of justice,” the court concluded that a stockholder derivative action, and not a non-stockholder board member action, was the better way to redress any injury resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by a corporate board.For further information, please contact John… [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Ninth Circuit Holds that SOX Whistleblower Provisions Do Not Protect Leaks to the Media

10 May 2011, 4:48 pm

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Evgenia Fkiaras at (415) 774-2939. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Delaware Chancery Court Enjoins Stockholder Vote For Lack Of Adequate Disclosures In Proxy Statement

21 Jun 2010, 1:20 pm

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933

13 Sep 2011, 5:40 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Chancery Court Dismissal Of Derivative Plaintiff's Section 220 Books And Records Action

4 Feb 2011, 4:52 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Foreign Corporation's Mere Awareness That Its Products May Ultimately End Up In a Forum State Is Not Sufficient Contact to Support Personal Jurisdiction

12 Jan 2012, 10:57 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Alejandro E. [read post]

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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action Due To Implied Preclusion By The Securities Laws

22 Dec 2009, 1:42 pm by Sheppard Mullin

This article was originally posted on Sheppard Mullin's Corporate and Securities Law blog, which can be found at www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com For further information, please contact Dan Brown at (212) 634-3095 or John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]

Antitrust Law Blog - http://www.antitrustlawblog.com/

Delaware Chancery Court Holds That Advance Notice Provisions Must Clearly And Unambiguously Separate Nomination And Election Of Directors To Be Effective

7 Jul 2008, 11:09 pm

  As such, Delaware courts have signaled to companies that they must clearly draft provisions that seek to place limitations of the shareholder right to vote and participate.For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Second Circuit Holds that Falsity of Estimates of Goodwill and Loan Loss Reserves For Purposes of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 Hinges on the Speakers' Subjective Belief in the Estimates' Accuracy

13 Sep 2011, 5:37 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Kathryn Hines at (212) 634-3054. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

First Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Securities Fraud Action Based Upon Immateriality of Allegedly Omitted Information

27 Jul 2012, 9:45 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Valentina Shenderovich at (212) 634-3019. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

First Circuit, Sitting En Banc, Clarifies What It Means To "Make" A Statement Under SEC Rule 10b-5(b)

26 Mar 2010, 11:24 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Amir Torkamani at (213) 617-4180. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Fifth Circuit Requires More than "Tangential Relationship" Between Alleged Fraud and Transactions in "Covered Securities" to Support Dismissal Under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

30 Mar 2012, 10:56 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Eighth Circuit Applies Negligence Standard to SEC Enforcement Claims for Violations of Section 14(a) and Rules 14a-9, 13b2-1 and 13b2-2

26 Aug 2013, 7:00 am by Sheppard Mullin

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Robin Achen at (213) 617-5579. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

First Circuit Holds That Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Extends Only to Employees of Public Companies, Not Employees of Private Companies Who Are Contractors or Subcontractors for Covered Public Companies

15 Feb 2012, 12:37 pm by Sheppard Mullin

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Sean Kirby at (212) 634-3023. [read post]

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Foreign Corporation's Mere Awareness That Its Products May Ultimately End Up In a Forum State Is Not Sufficient Contact to Support Personal Jurisdiction

12 Jan 2012, 10:57 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Alejandro E. [read post]

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Second Circuit Clarifies Scope of SLUSA Preclusion

21 Oct 2013, 10:30 am by John Stigi

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Robin Achen at (213) 617-5579. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action Due To Implied Preclusion By The Securities Laws

22 Dec 2009, 5:30 am

For further information, please contact Dan Brown at (212) 634-3095 or John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Ninth Circuit Holds That Section 304 Of The Sarbanes Oxley Act Does Not Provide Litigants With A Private Right Of Action

6 Jan 2009, 10:25 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Ninth Circuit Holds that Allegations a Defendant Should Have Used a Different Statistical Methodology During Drug Trials is not Sufficient to Allege Falsity Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5

25 Sep 2012, 10:08 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Ninth Circuit Latest to Permit Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute; Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split in 2012

23 Nov 2011, 3:35 pm

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Dan Brooks at (202) 469-4916. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/