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Understanding Causation In Private Securities Lawsuits: Building On Amgen, James D. Cox Jan 2013

Understanding Causation In Private Securities Lawsuits: Building On Amgen, James D. Cox

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With Amgen, the Supreme Court’s majority once again holds that inquiry into the alleged market impact of a misrepresentation is not required to invoke fraud on the market approach to causation so that the class can be certified. Rather than just leaving matters where they have been since the Supreme Court’s muddled encounter with causation in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, the Supreme Court’s most recent decision appears to relax some earlier-held tenets with respect to markets believed sufficiently efficient for fraud on the market to be invoked. This Article not only identifies the central flaw of Basic that has over …


Causation In The Fiduciary Realm, Deborah A. Demott Jan 2011

Causation In The Fiduciary Realm, Deborah A. Demott

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