Class Actions
Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.
To recover damages in a securities fraud class action under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934Pub. L. No. 73-291, 48 Stat. 881 (codified as amended at 15…
Securities Regulation
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Civil Procedure
Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds
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Securities Regulation
Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. Ficeto
Second Circuit Holds that Transactions in Unlisted Securities Are Domestic if Irrevocable Liability Is Incurred or if Title Passes Within the United States.
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Securities Regulation
Hutchison v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Second Circuit Finds Issuer's Failure to Disclose Loan Impairments Immaterial as a Matter of Law.
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Administrative Law
Business Roundtable v. SEC
D.C. Circuit Finds SEC Proxy Access Rule Arbitrary and Capricious for Inadequate Economic Analysis.
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Securities Regulation
Dodd-Frank Act
Congress Expands Incentives for Whistleblowers to Report Suspected Violations to the SEC.
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Corporations
Bundling and Entrenchment
Because corporate charters can be amended only with shareholder approval, it is widely believed that new charter provisions appear in midstream only if shareholders favor them. However, the approval requirement…