In the Lead – Best Up and Coming Law Firms – Dykema Gossett
Opening an office in Milwaukee in 2022, Dykema Gossett seeks to provide its Midwest clients with more opportunities for robust representation. The nationwide firm boasts almost a century in practice […]
Another Supreme win for securities class plaintiffs
At a time when class certification has become tougher under recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, securities plaintiffs scored a major win when the justices ruled that materiality need not be proven at the certification stage of fraud-on-the-market claims.
Securities – Misrepresentation
11-1080 Fulton County Employees Retirement System v. MGIC Investment Corp.
Mixed results in Koss securities fraud suit
The class action on behalf of shareholders of Koss Corp. may proceed, at least in part.
09-1403 Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.
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 […]
09-1750 In re: Motorola Securities Litigation
Securities ERISA; affiliated purchasers A corporation’s profit sharing plan cannot claim a share of the settlement of a securities fraud action. “[T]he Plan is an affiliate of Motorola and on […]
09-1156 Matrixx nitiatives, Inc., v. Siracusano
Securities Materiality Where plaintiffs alleged that the defendant failed to disclose a possible link between a product and a side effect, they sufficiently alleged materiality. Applying Basic ‘s “total mix” […]
09-4090 SEC v. Wealth Management, LLC
Securities Receivership Where a receivership trust lacks sufficient assets to fully repay investors and the investors’ funds are commingled, a distribution plan may properly be guided by the notion that […]
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Case Digests
- Involuntary Commitment-Waiver of Rights
- Contractual Discretion-Appellate Forfeiture-Raffle Statutes
- Standing -Zoning Variance
- Strickland Standard-Sentencing Discretion
- Sixth Amendment-Harmless Error
- Harassment Injunction-Social Media Evidence
- Termination of Parental Rights-Evidentiary Sufficiency
- Termination of Parental Rights-Reasonable Efforts
- Special Condition 13-Issue Preservation
- Right of Publicity Act-Defamation
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- Election Fraud-Official Misconduct


