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Friday, December 19, 2014

Archive- Securities Fraud syllabus 2014

Unit 5  Securities Fraud 10 (b)(5) Actions - Loss Causation and Fraud on the Market
Guest practitioner: Wallace Showman, Esq.

Discussion slides Part 1  (fall 2014) (Basic v. Levinson)
Part 2 (Halliburton and Aranaz v. Catalyst Pharma.)

*Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988)


*Aranaz v. Catalyst Pharmaceutical (S.D.Fl. 2014)- read opinion and order certifying class and commentary by Kevin LaCroix


Erica P. John Fund v. Halliburton
Supreme Court, June 23, 2014

Securities Act of 1933 (as amended)
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)

Commentary
D&O Diary - What changes to expect...by Jennifer Spaziano//Skadden

Background:
Leave Basic Alone - Goldberg & Zipursky - Mass Tort Blog
Donald Langevoort, Judgment Day for Fraud on the Market: the Second Coming of Halliburton
Goldberg & Zipursky, The Fraud on the Market Tort, 66 Vanderbilt Law Review 101 (2013)

Documents
Supreme Court - Oral argument  transcript March 5,2014
 5th Circuit opinion718 F.3d 423 (5th Cir. 2013) [2013 BL 115790]
Petition for Writ of Certiorari by Halliburton
Brief in opposition  (read part D)
Brief of U.S. in support of Erica P.John Fund
Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton - (most key documents are at Scotus Blog)
Haliburton v. Erica P. John Fund - Supreme Court - merits briefs
U.S. amicus brief

Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans, 133 S. Ct. 1184 (2013)

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