SEC Disclosures

Kirk Hartley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

GlobalTort