Goldman Sachs logo displayed on an Apple Card credit card. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM A Look Back at 'Goldman Sachs': How Price Impact Is Changing Securities Class Actions
"Courts have started to apply the 'Goldman' framework in the context of class certification," said Sullivan & Cromwell co-chair Robert Giuffra, who represented the bank in the case the Second Circuit decided a little more than a year ago. "And so it's becoming the new thing in securities litigation, at least in the context of event-driven litigation."
November 07, 2024 at 07:30 AM
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It's been 14 months since the Second Circuit Court of Appeals laid the groundwork for defendants to raise price-impact defenses in securities litigation in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In recent talks with securities litigators, I've asked how many cases they are seeing that cite the Goldman Sachs case.
The answer I've heard across the board is that when it comes to event-driven securities litigation that makes it to the class certification stage, just about everyone on the defense side cites Goldman Sachs.
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