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[Authors’ Note: This post was written by the large language model, Claude.AI (professional plan), after being fed our paper and asked to summarize it. We have lightly edited the post.]
Can artificial intelligence replace human judges? This question, once confined …
It’s no secret that civil discovery breeds attorney misconduct. The incentives are all wrong. Lawyers have an incentive to advance their clients’ interests. Fighting tooth and nail on behalf of a client helps to justify large fees and repeat business, …
The establishment of the Texas Business Court (“Business Court”) in September 2024 marks a watershed moment in corporate governance. As the “Dexit” phenomenon gains traction – with corporations considering an exit from Delaware as a state of incorporation – Texas …
On October 31, 2024, a Second Circuit panel amended its August 2023 decision in New England Carpenters Guaranteed Annuity & Pension Funds v. DeCarlo after granting a motion for rehearing1 and held that misstatements in an audit opinion may be
The 2024 amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) were born from an atypical period of acrimony and controversy among the corporate bar, stockholder advocates, and corporate law academics, including harsh public criticism of members of the Court of …
In a new paper, we explore the often-misunderstood role of short sellers in corporate misconduct and securities class actions. Short sellers are investors who bet on a future decline in a company’s stock price. While their actions are sometimes criticized …
Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster dismissed claims two weeks ago against a controller in Clement v. Apollo Global Management, LLC. Plaintiff alleged that a merger was unfair because the controller allegedly extracted “unique benefits” in the merger. The court …
This update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation since our Securities Litigation 2023 Year-End Update. A recent NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) study provides an overview of recent developments in filings. This section …
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that will implicate the ability of investors to bring securities fraud claims. The most worrisome – NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder …
Securities class-action lawsuits play a crucial role in holding corporations accountable for financial misdeeds. They typically involve allegations of securities fraud, where a company makes misleading statements or omits important information that leads to an inflated stock price. When the …
Fraud-on-the-market (“FOTM”) suits are thought to generate considerable benefits for society – namely, those associated with increased stock-market price accuracy and liquidity. But these suits are also said to impose exceptionally large social costs relative to even those associated with …
The Code of Conduct for United States Judges prohibits judges from allowing personal relationships, including social connections with parties or attorneys involved in a case, to influence the judges’ conduct. However, the disclosure of such social conflicts, as well as …
In Garland v. Cargill, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority by issuing a rule that classifies bump stocks as “machineguns” under the National Firearms Act of …
Many firms now issue ESG reports voluntarily in response to fast-growing investor and stakeholder demand. Yet survey evidence shows that corporate lawyers consider ESG-related disputes a top source of litigation risk for their clients.[1] In a new study, we …
On July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded its most consequential Term in years, with a flood of decisions on contentious issues ranging from abortion access to the regulation of social media companies and gun possession to presidential immunity. The …
The press has largely reported the Supreme Court’s two recent decisions unravelling Chevron deference to administrative agency interpretations of law and extending the time for parties to challenge agency actions as big wins for big businesses — the culmination of …
Over the past decade, so-called “unilateral” or “asymmetric” forum selection clauses have attracted a lot of attention. A unilateral forum selection clause does not name a court in which to resolve disputes at the time of …
On May 23, 2024, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski that where there are two competing contracts – one requiring the arbitration of disputes (including the arbitrator deciding whether a dispute is arbitrable), and …
Plaintiffs’ attorneys often issue marketing releases after public companies announce adverse corporate events. These releases typically say the attorneys are “investigating potential claims” against the company and encourage shareholders who have been harmed to contact the law firm. In a …