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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Claims Against Gaming Platform

The three-judge panel ruled that the shareholders hadn't provided adequate facts to support their claims that Skillz, represented by Latham & Watkins, misled them.
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National Law Journal

7th Circuit Lets Shareholder Intervene in Mootness Fees Spat

"It seems to us that, as an investor in Akorn whose shares' value was affected by the merger and the mootness fees, Frank has a claim in common with the main action; how could it be otherwise?" Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote for the court.
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The Recorder

Shareholder Suit: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg Accused of Keeping Status Quo Despite Increased Presence of Online Child Sexual Predators

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3 minute read

National Law Journal

In Win for Securities Industry, Justices Curb Investor Suits Over 'Pure Omissions'

Investors can bring such suits only when such omissions create "misleading half-truths," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Block SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Via Legislation If Not Litigation

"When you hear Democrats accuse Republicans of being 'anti-science,' they are proving our point that this rule is about the left's climate-policy agenda, not simply standardizing disclosures," said House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Recent Securities Fraud Dismissal Raises Critical Question on the Scope of the Federal Fraud Statutes

"The dismissal raises critical questions about what the government must prove to convict a defendant ... under the federal fraud statutes," according to attorney Elisha Kobre.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Walmart Secures Dismissal of Drug Investigation Disclosure Claim

U.S. District Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Richards, Layton & Finger team that represented Walmart, CEO Doug McMillon and former CFO Brett Biggs.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Jury Finds Terraform, Do Kwon Liable in Crypto Civil Fraud Trial

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York said he intends to rule on penalties no later than the first week of May, after receiving briefs from the defendants and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Massachusetts Court: 'Real Time' Clinical Trial Data Not Needed to Avoid Securities Claims

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote that Latham & Watkins-repped Homology Medicines Inc. "had no duty to disclose data in real time."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Failure Is Not Fraud': Dentons Partner, SEC Make Closing Arguments in Terraform Civil Fraud Trial

After hearing nearly two weeks of evidence in the civil fraud case, jurors in the Southern District of New York on Friday began deliberating on whether cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon defrauded investors by lying about the company's success.
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