Pension Plan Failed To Plead Scienter In Securities Class Action, Judge Rules
OKLAHOMA CITY - A pension plan failed to plead scienter in arguing that the nation's second largest natural gas producer and certain of its current and former officers and directors misrepresented the...
View ArticleJudge: Gupta Not A 'Beneficial Owner' Of Goldman Stock Under Securities Law
NEW YORK - Ruling that former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta was not a "beneficial owner" of Goldman Sachs shares under federal securities laws, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...
View ArticleJudge: Investor Failed To Plead Requisite Subjective Falsity In Securities Suit
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on April 26 dismissed a shareholder's amended securities class action complaint, ruling that the shareholder failed to plead subjective falsity as required under...
View ArticleVice Chancellor Denies Motion To Dismiss Shareholder Derivative Case
WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware vice chancellor denied a company's directors' and officers' motion to dismiss a shareholder derivative lawsuit on April 25, finding that the shareholder had pleaded...
View ArticleReport: Slight Increase In Securities Lawsuit Filings In First Quarter
NEW YORK - The number of securities and business litigation and enforcement lawsuits filed in the first quarter of 2013 increased slightly from the fourth quarter of 2012, but the numbers were still...
View ArticleCornerstone Releases Accounting Class Action Filings And Settlements Report
BOSTON - Although the number of securities class action lawsuit filings dealing with accounting issues dropped sharply in 2012, "accounting case settlement dollars represented over 90 percent of all...
View ArticleUBS Defendants Want U.S. Supreme Court To Clarify Demand Standard
Case: UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Union de Empleados de Muelles de Puerto Rock PRSSA Welfare Plan, et al., No. 12-1208, U.S. Sup....(read more)
View ArticleShareholder: 3rd Circuit Should Reverse Dismissal Of Suit Against Kid Brands
Case: Shah Rahman v. Kid Brands Inc., et al., No. 12-4257, 3rd Cir., See November 2012, Page 38....(read more)
View ArticlePonzi Scheme Defendant Appeals District Court's Disgorgement Order
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Larry Lee Adair, No. 12-36033, 9th Cir....(read more)
View ArticleFormer CEO Wants 10th Circuit To Reverse Findings For SEC
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brian D. Fox, No. 13-5013, 10th Cir....(read more)
View ArticleUBS Shareholders Say Amended Fraud Complaint Shouldn't Be Dismissed
Case: C.D.T.S. No. 1 and A.T.U. Local 1321 Pension Plan v. UBS AG, et al., No. 12-4924, S.D. N.Y.; See April 2013, Page 47....(read more)
View ArticleFacebook Says It Disclosed Possible Effect Of Mobile Platforms On Revenue
Case: In re: Facebook Inc. IPO Securities and Derivative Litigation, No. 1:12-md-02389, S.D. N.Y., See October 2012, Page 26....(read more)
View ArticleChinese Oil Company Defendants Move For Dismissal Of SEC Action
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. China Northeast Petroleum Holdings Limited, et al., No. 12-8696, S.D. N.Y.; See December 2012, Page 52....(read more)
View ArticleSEC, Hedge Fund Operator Debate Director, Officer Bar
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Patrick G. Rooney, et al., No. 11-8264, N.D. Ill., See April 2013, Page 52....(read more)
View ArticleWell Company Can't Show Damages, Holding Company Says
Case: Archer Well Co. Inc. v. GW Holdings I LLC, et al., No. 12-6762, S.D. N.Y....(read more)
View ArticleHospital Owner Disputes 2nd Amended Complaint
Case: In re: Health Management Associates Inc., Gary D. Newsome, Kelly E. Curry and Robert E. Farnham, No. 12-00046, M.D. Fla.; See February 2012, Page 39....(read more)
View ArticleAllscripts Shareholders Dispute Motion To Dismiss
Case: Bristol County Retirement System v. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., et al., No. 12-03297, N.D. Ill.; See April 2013, Page 46....(read more)
View ArticleSEC Says Wyly Defendants Misconstrue Gabelli Decision
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Samuel E. Wyly, et al., No. 10-5760, S.D. N.Y.; See May 2011, Page 48....(read more)
View ArticleShareholder Attempts To Halt Sprint's Sale To SoftBank
Case: Paul Gerbino v. Sprint Nextel Corp. et al., No. 12-2722, D. Kan....(read more)
View ArticleSEC Wants Phone Call Included In Case Against Former Goldman Vice President
Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Fabrice Tourre, No. 10-3229, S.D. N.Y.; See April 2013, Page 53....(read more)
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