The first quarter of 2018 saw continued significant securities-suit filing activity against life sciences companies with more than 10 actions filed, including several filed by some of the...
On March 20, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund (“Cyan”), ruling unanimously that, under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards...
On January 31, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Mineworker’ Pension Scheme v. First Solar Inc., No. 15-17282 (9th Cir. Jan. 31, 2018)....
As part of a series of regular updates on developments in life sciences securities litigation (see Q3 2017 Quarterly Report), this report addresses recent activity in securities actions a...
Large-scale data breaches can give rise to a host of legal problems for the breached entity, ranging from consumer class action litigation to congressional inquiries and state attorneys g...
On November 21, 2017, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Curry v. Yelp, Inc., No. 16-15104, affirming the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of a securities fraud action agai...
We previously highlighted the increased activity and some emerging patterns in securities litigation against life sciences companies during the first half of 2017. This report, the first...
Many have commented on the suit filed last week challenging the CFPB’s arbitration rule, but few have considered what impact, if any, the suit could have on the fast-approaching complia...
Since the CFPB issued its Arbitration Rule in July, most commentators have focused on ways the rule may be blocked from going into effect. Chief among these is the possibility that Congre...
We
previously outlined
the growing threat of securities class action lawsuits against life sciences companies and the importance of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Omn...
