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Securities Class Action Report

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This blawg is a place for discussion of news and controversy surrounding the securities class action industrial complex. Topics include the PSLRA’s role in political influence peddling, methods of wooing pension fund clients, case selection criteria, whistle-blowers, lawsuit financing, plaintiff firm collusion and more.

• Added on: Sep 23rd, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Andrew Gilman
• Listed in: Law & Legal Business
• Tags: law attorney securities class action plaintiff pay to play

Recent Posts

• A Closer Look at M&A (“Takeover”) Securities Suits

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 12:29 in Opinion, litigation, securities, pslra

  My November 19 post referenced Dan Fisher’s recent Forbes piece on a securities suit filed against Berkshire Hathaway a few hours after it’s announcement of a $26 billion acquisition of BNSF.  This and similar lawsuits usually allege tha...

• Supreme Court to Weigh In on F-Cubed Securities Case

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 18:02 in litigation, securities, pslra, f-cubed

  Despite a petition by the United States Solicitor General urging the Supreme Court to reject certiorari, the Court granted cert today in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 547 F.3d 167 (2d Cir. 2008).  The future of F-Cubed litigation could h...

• Blood in the Water: The State of BofA’s Privilege

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:04 in sec, litigation, securities, bernstein, document review

  In October, I wondered whether emails between Bank of America and its outside counsel regarding the bank’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch may eventually end up in the hands of plaintiffs lawyers.  Despite the bank’s assertion that handing ...

• Drive-By Litigation: “Takeover Lawsuits”

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 11:39 in litigation, securities, pension funds, institutional investors, document review, securities class action news & opinion

  In the current issue of Forbes, Daniel Fisher takes a closer look at a lawsuit filed against Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway a few hours after its announcement that it would be acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp for $26 billion: B...

• New Blawg URL

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 16:35 in 1

  I’ve been having issues with Google Blogger and am currently in the process of transitioning everything over to WordPress.   The new site is located at http://securitiesclassactionreport.wordpress.com. Thanks for your patience as I try to get...

• SEC to Target Public Investment Influence Peddling

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:51 in sec, securities, class action, tort reform, pay to play

    Today's Pay to Play Law Blog has a piece on the waxing influence of the SEC in regulating the seedy intersection of public investment dollars and campaign cash (click the quoted text for the full article): As we have recently reporte...

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