United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Civil Securities — securities fraud A complaint alleging securities fraud by a medical device manufacturer was properly dismissed where the manufacturer claimed the high failure rate was due to surgeon error ...

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Securities — statute of limitations

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10-1261 Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC, v. Simmonds

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Securities – SLUSA — class actions

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11-1095 Appert v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc.

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Securities; Statute of repose

November 25, 2011 8:00 am Leave a comment

11-1459 McCann v. Hy-Vee, Inc.

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Securities — SLUSA

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11-1785 Brown v. Calamos

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09-525 Janus Capital Group, Inc., v. First Derivative Traders

June 13, 2011 1:52 pm Leave a comment

United States Supreme Court CIVIL OPINIONS Securities Securities fraud Only a party who makes a false statement in a prospectus can be held liable in a private action under Rule 10b-5. The Court rejects the Government’s contention that “make” should ...

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09-1403 Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.

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Securities Securities fraud; class actions; loss causation Securities fraud plaintiffs need not prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification. It is undisputed that securities fraud plaintiffs must prove certain things in order to invoke Basic ’s rebuttable presumption ...

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