In an en banc 6-5 decision, the Ninth Circuit upheld a forum selection clause in Gap’s bylaws that requires all claims brought on behalf of the company to be filed in Delaware state cou...
In Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, the Supreme Court confirmed that under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 plaintiffs must “trace” their shares – that is, plead and prove...
The Ninth Circuit last week issued a decision confirming that companies working through product-specific issues do not need to provide investors with “real-time updates” about every a...
On September 20, a divided Ninth Circuit panel broke with nearly 50 years of precedent in holding that investors could challenge the accuracy of Slack’s registration statement even if t...
A Second Circuit panel affirmed a decision dismissing securities fraud claims against Danske Bank and its officers and directors. The panel unanimously held that plaintiffs had not pled ...
On July 23, 2021, a Ninth Circuit panel vacated a district court order appointing a lead plaintiff in a consolidated securities fraud action. The panel found that the district court impro...
On June 16, 2021, a Ninth Circuit panel revived in part a putative securities fraud class action against Alphabet for not disclosing a data privacy bug in the Google+ social network. The ...
On April 8, 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action against an investment bank accused of fraudulently attempting to ...
On January 26, 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of civil securities law claims filed against Tesla and Elon Musk regarding statements that they made in 20...
On June 10, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of a securities case filed against a life sciences company for supposedly misrepresenting the likelihood that...