Securities Litigation Watch
"Securities Litigation Watch ... strives to provide a valuable, timely resource for anyone interested in developments involving securities litigation or securities enforcement."
Author: Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is headquartered in Rockville, Md. It provides a variety of services to companies intended to promote and support good corporate governance practices.
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Recent Posts from Securities Litigation Watch
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With Parting Gifts Like These...
The trials and tribulations of former plaintiff's lawyer Steven Eugene ("Gene" a/k/a "Geno") Cauley have received a fair amount of ink over the last year, but there is a new twist. Readers may recall that…
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Options Backdating, Again...
It has been just one week since we last updated the options backdating numbers. With the recently noticed (hey we're not perfect) settlement last month of litigation involving alleged options backdating at Sonic Solutions, Inc.,…
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Updates to the Events Calendar
Here is the latest round of updates to our securities litigation conferences, webcasts, and other events list. For the full list, please go here. As always, readers are encouraged to send information on securities litigation…
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Can We Call the Complaint a Hong Kong Phooey?
While the Bloomberg story describing it may have been painfully short, the actual report released by Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission to propose allowing multiparty litigation, is shall we say, thorough. If adopted, the 300+…
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You Can't Make Me...
What to do when a federal judge appoints you as lead plaintiff, but another lead plaintiff movant's attorney as lead counsel? You ask the Court of Appeals for a writ of mandamus, of course. Nearly…
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We Don't Need No Stinking Statute of Repose
A new securities class action filed last week in the Southern District of California caught our eye, and the more we dug, the curiouser things became. The complaint (here) was filed against Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.…
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Get Out the Options Backdating Scorecard - It's Update Time
It has been more than four months since we last had to update the options backdating numbers. With the settlement this week of litigation involving alleged options backdating at Quest Software, Inc., (NASDAQ: QSFT) for…
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The Slightly Longer List...
More than 20 months ago, we wrote about Lawdragon Magazine, and their list - 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation. That list was the result of careful editorial control. Well, the polls…
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Pay-to-Play Still "Newsworthy"
Last month, we blogged on an academic study that tried to put a nail in the coffin for the widely held belief that there is a causal link between election contributions made to public pension…
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Vigorous Defense Spreads to Australia
More than 5 years ago, SLW noted that defendants faced with a securities class action complaint often issued press releases stating that the complaint was "without merit" and that the company intended to "vigorously" defend…