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August 27, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

This June, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases that will answer this question, NVIDIA v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB and Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank. These cases present the court with an opportunity to resolve significant circuit splits on pleading requirements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), a statute enacted to deter frivolous securities lawsuits and abusive litigation practices.

By Jay A. Dubow, Joanna Cline and Sierra C. Stockley

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May 28, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Frank Easterbrook, disenchanted with the current "federal practice" of plaintiffs attorneys extorting fees in disclosure cases without conferring a meaningful benefit on stockholders, penned the opinion for a two-judge panel rejecting such fee agreements and empowering shareholders and federal courts alike to scrutinize these fees going forward.

By Jay A. Dubow, Joanna Cline and Connor B. DeFilippis

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