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United States Supreme Court Clarifies Standard For Determining Corporate Citizenship For Purposes Of Federal Court Diversity Jurisdiction

1 Mar 2010, 5:46 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or Amir Torkamani at (213) 617-4180. [read post]

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

"LITERALLY TRUE" STATEMENT IN A PROSPECTUS CAN STILL SUPPORT A FEDERAL SECURITIES CLAIM IF, IN CONTEXT, THE STATEMENT IS MATERIALLY MISLEADING

7 Jan 2008, 12:01 pm

  It is important for companies to resist the temptation to draft disclosures too finely, as those disclosures often will be judged both in hindsight and in context from the perspective of a reasonable stock market investor, not the perspective of a high-powered corporate attorney.For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or Christina Costley at (805) 879-1818. [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, 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/

Second Circuit Rejects "Collective Scienter" Theory For Pleading A Securities Fraud Claim Against A Corporation

17 Jul 2008, 6:56 pm

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or Christina Costley at (805) 879-1818. [read post]

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

Second Circuit Holds That the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Bars All RICO Claims Based Upon Alleged Acts of Securities Fraud

21 Jul 2011, 5:53 am

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

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

In A Case Of First Impression, Delaware Chancery Court Holds That Preferred Stockholders Have The Right To Bring Derivative Actions

21 Jun 2010, 1:08 pm

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/

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/

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]

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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]

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

California Court of Appeal Interprets "Controlling Person" Liability Under State and Federal Securities Laws

27 May 2011, 5:50 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Laura Waluch at (213) 617-5423. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.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 Applies Fraud-On-The-Market Doctrine To Research Analyst Reports

8 Nov 2008, 1:48 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or John Landry at (213) 617-5561. [read post]

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

Second Circuit Applies Fraud-On-The-Market DoctrineOCTRINE To Research Analyst Reports

8 Nov 2008, 1:48 am

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or John Landry at (213) 617-5561. [read post]

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

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against CBS Due to Plaintiffs' Failure to Plead Scienter and Reliance

25 May 2012, 7:29 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/

Delaware Chancery Court Holds That IAC Spin-Offs Can Proceed Without Liberty's Consent

7 Jul 2008, 11:01 pm

  Ambiguities, to the extent they are apparent, should be discussed by parties before contract formation.For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]

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

California Court of Appeal Refuses to Permit an Action for Rescission of a Strategic Transaction, Holding That a Board Has No Duty Under California Law to Include a "Fiduciary Out"

22 Aug 2011, 11:10 am

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

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