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Fresenius As “Event Driven” Litigation; The Delaware Supreme Court Rapidly Affirms the T
Over the last couple of years, defense oriented commentators have used the meme “event driven securities litigation” as part of...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 8, 20182 min read
More Securities Suits in State Courts?
Various pundits are saying 2019 will include a surge in litigation. In that vein, it will be interesting to see if adverse financial...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 16, 20181 min read
The Next 80 Years at the SEC
Courtesy of a November 20, 2014 post at the Columbia Blue Sky Blog, the views of an SEC Commissioner as to its next 80 years....

Kirk Hartley
Nov 20, 20141 min read
D&O Liability Issues – A Look Ahead
Kevin LaCroix published a September 3, 2014 post with his prognostications about a range of D&O issues. Of note, he included litigation...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 3, 20141 min read
U.S. Supreme Court Approves Securities Fraud Claims for Failing to Disclose Information on Possible
Wow – I took a few days off for spring break with my daughters, and now return to find the US Supreme Court recognizing that product...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 24, 20114 min read
Change Ahead – International Accounting Standards and Contingent Liabilities – IAS 37 Re
Yesterday’s post was tied to US FAS 5 rules and related disclosures regarding contingent liabilities, such as mass tort claims. As the...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 23, 20101 min read
Financial Disclosures of Contingent Liabilities – New Towers Watson Summary of 10Ks Regarding
Courtesy of a friend, I learned about Towers Watson publishing this report summarizing public company FAS 5 disclosures regarding...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Mass Tort Lawyers – Perhaps Wise to Keep an Eye on the Pleadings Before Judge Rakoff in the B
The point of this post is to suggest that mass tort lawyers for publicly traded entities need to keep at least a watchful eye on the gist...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 10, 20091 min read
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