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New York Law Journal

Shkreli Lawyer: 'Strange' Client Lacked Intent to Defraud

In opening arguments for the securities fraud trial for pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, his attorney called on jurors to keep an “open mind” to weigh accusations against a defendant that they may find detestable.
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New York Law Journal

SEC Alleges Accounting Fraud at Top Canadian Energy Co.

Former executives of one of Canada's largest energy companies face regulatory action for allegedly artificially lowering the company's operating costs…
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ajamian v. Nimeh

Action's Dismissal as Res Judicata Explained; Future Complaints Risk Litigation Bar
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Litigation Daily

This Lawyer's Long Fight to Thwart Shareholder Suits Is Going SCOTUS

Boris Feldman, a Silicon Valley litigator at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, has been on what you might call a crusade to drive all securities fraud class actions into federal court. And he just might succeed.
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New York Law Journal

Seated Jury Remains Elusive in Shkreli Securities Fraud Trial

The second day of what at times appeared to provide catharsis for prospective jurors against pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli ended on Tuesday without a jury in the securities fraud case.
3 minute read

The Recorder

SCOTUS To Weigh in On Where Securities Class Actions Belong

The court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could determine whether securities fraud class actions can move forward in state courts.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices' Fall Docket Grows With NJ Sports Betting Case, Securities Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday added six new cases to the fall term's argument docket, including New Jersey's challenge to a federal ban on sports betting at casinos and racetracks, a terror victim's attempt to attach Iranian assets, and shareholder efforts to bring certain securities claims in state courts.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Corporate Whistleblowers Catch the Supreme Court's Attention

Federal appellate courts have struggled recently over exactly when a corporate insider becomes a whistleblower who's entitled to the Dodd-Frank Act's protections against retaliation. The U.S. Supreme Court's now jumping into the fray to resolve tension among the lower courts. The justices agreed Monday to take up the case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
11 minute read

The Recorder

California Public Employees Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc.

U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16–373 Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 gives purchasers of securities “aright of action against an issuer or designated…
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nathan Order Adds to 'Mini-Tidal Wave' of Concern Over Warrants

The white-collar defense bar is crowing over Judge Alison Nathan's sweeping 92-page warrant suppression order in the Southern District U.S. Attorney's securities fraud case against financier Benjamin Wey.
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