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Who, What, Where, And When? Why Courts Should At Least Consider The Third Circuit’S Heightened Ascertainability Requirement As A Prerequisite To Class Certification, Christian Osorno Cortes
Who, What, Where, And When? Why Courts Should At Least Consider The Third Circuit’S Heightened Ascertainability Requirement As A Prerequisite To Class Certification, Christian Osorno Cortes
FIU Law Review
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Halliburton Ii At Four: Has It Changed The Outcome Of Class Certification Decisions?, Noah Weingarten
Halliburton Ii At Four: Has It Changed The Outcome Of Class Certification Decisions?, Noah Weingarten
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 573 U.S. 258 (2014) (Halliburton II) appeared to give corporate defendants a new tool to defeat class certification in the context of securities fraud class action litigation: rebutting the requisite presumption of reliance by showing a lack of "price impact"-a term that Halliburton II used to describe whether the price of an allegedly affected company's stock went up or down. However, based on an empirical study of pre- versus post-Halliburton II class certification decisions, it appears that the outcomes of class certification decisions have become even …
Lead Plaintiffs And Lead Counsel In Deal Litigation, David H. Webber
Lead Plaintiffs And Lead Counsel In Deal Litigation, David H. Webber
Faculty Scholarship
The shareholder lawsuit is the primary vehicle for enforcing corporate law. While closely related fields like securities regulation rely on private shareholder lawsuits to supplement the enforcement work of public regulators like the Securities Exchange Commission, corporate law enforcement depends largely on private rights of action brought by aggrieved investors and their lawyers. The purpose of these lawsuits is straightforward: to induce corporate fiduciaries like boards and managers to abide by the duties of loyalty and care in overseeing the corporation. There are many situations that implicate these fiduciary duties, but none that are as fraught with conflict and temptation …
Foreword, Marc I. Steinberg