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12 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
In the global effort to protect the earth’s climate, the pace of regulation is rivaled only by the speed of technological innovation. [read post]
10 Oct 2023, 1:10 pm by Unknown
CII supported the rulemaking petition’s argument that the agency has at various times amended timing considerations in light of market developments in securities-offering practices.CII further argued that former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and former SEC Commissioner Joseph Grundfest filed a brief as amici curiae in Slack in which they agreed that the Commission has the authority to create the holding period. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 10:53 am by Kevin LaCroix
One of the hot topics in the world of corporate and securities litigation in recent years has been the use of forum selection bylaws as a way for companies to try to manage their litigation risk by steering corporate and securities litigation to a specified forum. [read post]
20 Jun 2023, 5:25 am by Kevin LaCroix
Frankel quotes Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest as saying that there “is no such thing” as a federal derivative action under Section 14(a). [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 8:56 am by Unknown
However, the rulemaking petition also suggested that there is today some tension between longer lockup periods and shareholder demands for liquidity, thus resulting in the 90-day proposal that the professors said constitutes the middle ground as compared to proposed shorter and longer lockup periods.The professors’ rulemaking petition noted a few of the rulemaking options cited by a small number of amici, but a wider look at the briefing throughout the Slack case’s time before the… [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 5:49 am by Kevin LaCroix
The title is reference to a statement by Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest, made in conjunction with Cornerstone Research’s release of its annual survey of securities class action lawsuit filings. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 11:56 am by Kevin LaCroix
Earlier this week, in an excellent webinar presented by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at the Stanford Law School and entitled “Silicon Valley Brawl: Litigation, Accounting, and Regulatory Implications of SVB’s Collapse,” Stanford Law Professors Joseph Grundfest and Colleen Honigsberg and University of California Berkely Law Professor Robert Bartlett took a detailed look at the causes and potential consequences SVB’s failure. [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]
16 Feb 2023, 9:05 pm by John Jenkins
Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton and former Commissioner Joseph Grundfest recently filed this amicus brief in support of Slack’s position. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 6:12 am by Unknown
By John Filar AtwoodTwo amicus briefs—one filed jointly by former SEC Chair Jay Clayton and former SEC Commissioner Joseph Grundfest, and one filed by the Cato Institute—support Slack Technologies’ view that the Ninth Circuit erred in ruling that a purchaser of shares may sue for misleading disclosure in a registration statement even if the purchased shares could not be traced to that registration statement. [read post]
6 Feb 2023, 1:37 pm by Guest Author
In 2002, after a series of accounting scandals involving Enron and WorldCom, Congress swiftly passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in an effort to restore investors’ confidence in the market. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 3:58 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The Cornerstone Research press release that accompanied the Report’s publication quotes Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest as saying that ““Crypto is the new frontier in securities fraud litigation,” Not only did the number of securities suit filings overall decline in 2022, but the litigation rate – that is, the ratio of securities class action lawsuit filings to the total number of U.S. [read post]
12 Jan 2023, 12:58 pm by Kevin LaCroix
On January 4, 2023, Delaware Vice Chancellor Lori Will denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the breach of fiduciary duty case a shareholder of the SPAC, Gig Capital3 Inc. [read post]
12 Jan 2023, 12:58 pm by Kevin LaCroix
On January 4, 2023, Delaware Vice Chancellor Lori Will denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the breach of fiduciary duty case a shareholder of the SPAC, Gig Capital3 Inc. [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 7:12 am by Kevin LaCroix
Sarah Voutyras and Melanie SaponaraReaders of this blog know that one of the litigation risk management steps well-advised companies are taking in the current litigation environment is the adoption of forum selection bylaws, including, in particular, bylaws specifying a particular forum for the consideration of shareholders’ derivative suits. [read post]