Delaware Business Court Insider | Analysis
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | August 13, 2019
Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale discuss a recent opinion issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which held that a liquidation trustee who brought claims initially raised in an adversary proceeding by an unsecured creditors committee did not have standing to assert derivative claims on behalf of the debtor. The ruling raises a number of questions, which the authors address.
By Tom McParland | August 7, 2019
Justice Andrew S. Borrok cited the "simple, plain and unambiguous" language of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 in holding that the statute's automatic discovery stay applied to state court actions during a pending motion to dismiss.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter A. Jaslow and Paul D. Hallgren Jr. | August 5, 2019
Cryptocurrencies and other digital tokens are digital assets that utilize encryption to secure and verify transfers. Markets in cryptocurrencies function without centralized oversight through the use of blockchain technology, which serves as a digital, and in most cases, public, ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions.
By Alaina Lancaster | August 2, 2019
The motion asks U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. to dismiss a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California on the same grounds that he threw out claims in a district court case earlier this year.
By Sue Reisinger | July 31, 2019
The Securities Class Action Filings—2019 Midyear Assessment, released Thursday by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, shows that plaintiffs filed 198 new federal securities class actions in the first half of 2019.
By Sue Reisinger | July 31, 2019
The Securities Class Action Filings—2019 Midyear Assessment, released Thursday by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, shows that plaintiffs filed 198 new federal securities class actions in the first half of 2019.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By J. Scott Colesanti | July 31, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the multibillion dollar agency that safeguards investors, presently stands on the precipice of the layer Dante reserved for the indecisive. For, nearly a decade after Bitcoin burst onto the scene in 2010, there has been no concrete attempt at delineating purchaser from investor in the cryptocurrency market—indeed, it appears the agency is content to provide guidance regarding fraud and custody rather than defining products and attendant responsibilities for those soliciting funds for digital conversion.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 30, 2019
What's the downturn in white-collar enforcement mean for the recruitment of ex-prosecutors? Plus: we're closely following the new CFPB case at the US Supreme Court. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots!
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Zac Arbitman and Benjamin H. McCoy | July 30, 2019
The SEC and CFTC whistleblower programs were created only in 2010 through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act).
By Jenna Greene | July 29, 2019
The fight over insurance coverage provides an interesting backdoor look at the Celebrex class action, which featured a long roster of top litigators.
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