2008 Filings Agria SD New York Blackstone Group SD New York Calamos Global SD New York Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust ED New York Evergreen Investment Management Massachusetts Fidelity Management & Research Massachusetts Global Cash Access SD New York HarborView Mortgage Loan SD New [more...]
2008 Filings Frank and Kanjorski Letter to SEC on Auction Rate Preferred Securities 4.24.08 SEC - Eaton Vance Management 6.13.08 Bank of America Calamos Global Citigroup Deutsche Bank E*TRADE Goldman Sachs JP Morgan Chase Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley Oppenheimer Raymond James Royal Bank of Canada Smith Barney SunTrust Bank UBS AG Wachovia [more...]
2008 Filings Merck Schering-Plough Vertex 2007 Filings Bristol-Myers Squibb Connetics Dendreon Eli Lilly Flamel Glaxosmithkline GPC Biotech Neurocrine Northwest Biotherapeutics Nuvelo Pozen sanofi-aventis Telik Threshold Pharma Wyeth 2006 Filings Discovery Laboratories Encysive Pharma Inspire Pharma Northfield Laboratories NPS Pharma Par [more...]
Overview Surveys selected legal opinions by US Circuit US Circuit Court map Also references selected litigations by US Circuit Developments _____ ____ FRCP § 23 Class Actions Class certification requirements To be certified as a class action, plaintiffs must demonstrate that: (1) the class is so [more...]
Overview Surveys selected legal opinions by US Circuit US Circuit Court map Also references selected litigations by US Circuit Developments _____ ____ FRCP § 23 Class Actions Class certification requirements To be certified as a class action, plaintiffs must demonstrate that: (1) the class is so [more...]
Overview A July 2007 Seventh Circuit decision -- Higginbotham v Baxter International -- criticizes use of confidential sources in securities fraud complaints 7th Circuit applied the Supreme Court's Tellabs standard to scienter allegations that rely on confidential sources: "One upshot of the approach that Tellabs announced is that we [more...]
2008 Filings Ambac American International Group Bank of America (Auction Rate) Bear Stearns Calamos Global Centerline Charles Schwab Citigroup (Auction Rate) Citigroup Global Citigroup Mortgage Loan Royal Bank of Canada (Auction Rate) Credit Suisse Group Deutsche Bank E*TRADE (Auction Rate) Fidelity Management & Research Fifth Third [more...]
2008 Filings American Dental ArthroCare BP Prudhoe Bay Camtek Candela Cbeyond CellCyte Charys Holding Comcast Darden EnerNOC European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. Heartland Resources MGIC Investment NeuroMetrix Panera Bread Safeco SiRF Technology Superior Offshore TD Ameritrade UBS AG (Auction Rate) Wachovia (Auction [more...]
2008 April - June Sonoco 6.26.08 Evergreen Investment Management 6.23.08 First American Corporation 6.23.08 Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2006-5 6.23.08 Fifth Third Bancorp 6.20.08 [more...]
2008 Filings Agria Camtek Deutsche Bank Gildan Activewear Harmony Gold Societe Generale Swiss Re UBS AG (Auction Rate) 2007 Filings Alvarion China Expert Technology China Sunergy Ericsson LM Telephone Flamel Technologies Focus Media Holding Fuwei Films Giant Interactive GPC Biotech LDK Solar LG Philips LJ International OrthoClear Qiao Xing UBS AG [more...]
2008 Filings Arbitron Gildan Activewear Healthways Humana Nexcen Brands Sonoco TETRA Technologies TomoTherapy TRM Corporation WellPoint 2007 Filings 21st Century Greenfield Online Macys Motorola Secure Computing Tween Brands Valueclick Zumiez 2006 Filings Applica Centene Estee Lauder Home Solutions Presstek St. Jude Medical 2005 Filings ATI [more...]
2008 Filings Ambac Financial Centerline Holding Citigroup Mortgage Loan Downey Financial First American Corporation Franklin Bank Freddie Mac Fremont General IndyMac Bancorp Lehman Brothers Levitt MBIA Morgan Stanley National City Nomura PMI Group Societe Generale 2007 Filings ACA Capital Accredited Home American Home Mortgage BankAtlantic Beazer [more...]
2008 Filings Maxim Integrated 2007 Filings Amkor Technology Comverse HCC Insurance Monster Worldwide Openwave Semtech Sonic Solutions Sunrise Senior UT Starcom Wireless Facilities 2006 Filings American Tower Apple Aspen Technology Broadcom Brooks Automation Comverse Technology Hansen Natural Jabil Circuit Juniper Networks KLA Tencor [more...]
2008 Filings Force Protection Michael Baker Maxim Integrated Navistar International Opnext SunOpta TeleTech Holdings 2007 Filings Atlas Mining Connetics FormFactor International Rectifier LCA-Vision Monster Worldwide New Century Occam Networks Pall Corp Qiao Xing Universal Shuffle Master Sterling Financial Verifone Holdings 2006 Filings America [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions McNamara v Pre-Paid Legal Services 189 F. Appx 702, 711 2006 Pre-paid Legal Pirraglia v Novell 2003 City of Philadelphia v Fleming Companies 2001 District Court Decisions Select opinions Carrier Access D [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Opinions Laperriere v. Vesta Insurance 4.30.08 Vesta Insurance Garfield v NDC Health 2006 See NDC Health Phillips v Scientific-Atlanta 2004 Ziemba v Cascade International 2001 Bryant v Avado Brands 1999 District [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions Boston Scientific 2008 Tyco International 2006 In re CSFB (Agilent Technologies) 2005 Cabletron Systems 2002 A T Cross Corp 2002 Greebel v. FTP Software 1999 District Court Decisions [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions ATSI Communications v Sharr Fund 7.11.07 Second Circuit affirms dismissal of 10b-5 claims Rombach v Chang 2004 Ganino v Citizens Utilities 2000 Carter Wallace 2000 Novak v Kasaks 2000 IMCERA Group [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions Alpharma 2004 GSC Partners CDO Fund 2004 Ikon Office Solutions 2002 Advanta 1999 District Court Decisions Select opinions Astea International ED Pennsylvania Motion to dismiss [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Hunter 2007 Hanger Orthopedic 2003 LCI International 1999 District Court Decisions Select opinions Acterna Maryland Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Opinions Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. v. TXU Corp. Remanded district court's grant of motion to dismiss because plaintiffs "did not have the benefit of Tellabs in drafting their complaint." Fifth Circuit opinion [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Opinions Fidel v Farley 2004 Corrpro Companies 2004 PR Diamonds v Chandler 2004 Champion Enterprises 2003 Helwig v Vencor 2001 Comshare 1999 District Court Decisions Select opinions Abercrombie & [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments Higginbotham v Baxter International 7.27.07 Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of 10b-5 claims Baxter International See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Opinions Makor Issues v Tellabs 2006 Overturned by Supreme Court Tellabs Higginbotham v Baxter International 7.27.07 [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Selected opinions AmDocs Missouri 2002 Cerner 2005 Florida State Board v Green Tree Financial 2001 Possis Medical Minnesota 2008 District Court Decisions Selected opinions AmDocs ED Missouri Motion to dismiss [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions Applied Signal 2005 Read-Rite 2003 Gompper v VISX 2002 DSAM Global Value v Altris Software 2002 Vantive 2002 Transitional Hospitals 2002 Silicon Graphics 1999 District [more...]
Post-Tellabs Developments See Scienter: Post-Tellabs Circuit Court Decisions Select opinions Belizan v Hershon (Interbank Funding) 7.27.07 Reverses district courts dismissal with prejudice of a 10(b) claim and remanding with instructions to properly apply the Tellabs test District Court Decisions Select opinions [more...]