By Rollo Baker and Jesse Bernstein | April 3, 2020
The decision will likely stem the tide of securities class actions being filed in state court following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Cyan', and may serve as a roadmap for proponents of arbitration clauses for securities litigation in corporate charters.
By Jenna Greene | March 30, 2020
The firm's results last week show why clients keep hiring them.
By Jenna Greene | March 26, 2020
'If left undisturbed, the district court's rules will hamper the ability of attorneys, auditors, and other professional advisors to provide effective counsel to a wide range of American businesses,' warned the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Corporate Counsel.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 24, 2020
The lawsuit alleges that Burr "has acted as a scofflaw in a time of national crisis" over his selling of $1.7 million in stocks as he received private coronavirus briefings.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 24, 2020
The lawsuit alleges that Burr "has acted as a scofflaw in a time of national crisis" over his selling of $1.7 million in stocks as he received private coronavirus briefings.
By Ross Todd | March 20, 2020
The proposed deal, reached after two rounds of mediation, would leave open the question of whether the initial coin offering qualified as a securities offering, which would have required the Tezos backers to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Dan Clark | March 19, 2020
"It seems to be an area of high interest in the shareholder plaintiffs' bar in the United States, and I don't see any letup in this particular trend," David Kistenbroker, the managing partner at Dechert in Chicago and global co-leader of the white-collar and securities litigation practice, said in an interview Thursday.
By MP McQueen | March 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to deal with issues around public disclosure of supply chain and other disruptions in their earnings reports and periodic statements to the SEC and investors. Their inside counsel and compliance officers also need to keep an eye out for insider trading by employees, lawyers said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Brad Rosen | March 9, 2020
In a Chicago courtroom in January, nearly a decade after the flash crash, Navinder Sarao received a remarkably lenient sentence of one year of home confinement. What explains such a light sentence for the man blamed for causing one of the most turbulent days in market history?
By Perrie Weiner, Aaron Goodman, Ben Turner and Kirby Hsu | March 5, 2020
If the Justices' questioning can be any guide to the Court's forthcoming decision, to the extent disgorgement survives as a remedy available to the SEC, it will likely be severely curtailed.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Join General Counsel and Senior Legal Leaders at the Premier Forum Designed For and by General Counsel from Fortune 1000 Companies
Celebrating achievement, excellence, and innovation in the legal profession in the UK.
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers and financiers for the real estate healthcare event of the year!
Shipman is seeking an associate to join our Employee Benefits practice. Candidates should have one to two years of employee benefits experie...
McCarter & English is actively seeking a 5th-6th year trademark associate who has trademark prosecution, licensing and litigation experi...