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CASE AT A GLANCE The Court will consider how the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's heightened pleading standards apply to the securities fraud elements of scienter and falsity. The Court will address how much detail plaintiffs must allege about the contents of internal company documents in order to plead a strong inference of scienter based on an alleged mismatch between those documents and the company's public statements. The Court will also address how much weight courts should give to an expert's opinion about the falsity of a company's statements when assessing whether plaintiffs have pleaded particularized facts in support of falsity., Issues 1. Must plaintiffs seeking to allege scienter under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) based on allegations about internal company documents plead with particularity the contents of those [...]

Pervasive 'forever chemicals' are spurring new lawsuits, raising the specter of another asbestoslike litigation quagmire for insurers and makers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS. 'The [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey McCain Foods and Lamb Weston Holdings are among a group of frozen-potato product suppliers facing US lawsuits linked to claims of price-fixing. One of the lawsuits was [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench Ramchandani specialised in commercial disputes, arbitration and complex litigation. Srishti Ramchandani has joined the Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) team at Delhi-based law firm Vidhisastras [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench The book touches upon the shifting global tax landscape, domestic litigation trends, and the integration of technology in tax administration. A book authored by advocate Dr. [...]

Byline: Abhimanyu Hazarika The petition closed today was one of several petitions challenging Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act. The remaining petitions have been adjourned and remain pending. The [...]

The 2024 election is already the most litigated in US history. Republicans and Democrats have been involved in a bevy of pre-election lawsuits. Trump allies are waging most of the [...]

AMID TEETERING uncertainty over who will win next week's presidential election, little suspense looms about one thing: if https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/31/a-second-trump-term-comes-with-unacceptable-risks loses, he will not concede to https://www.economist.com/interactive/us-2024-election/trump-harris-polls . Instead, as he [...]

Alexi, an AI litigation platform, has reported a significant product expansion, ushering in a new era of legal technology designed to empower litigators throughout the entire file lifecycle. By applying [...]

The Company is continuing to suspend guidance until there is more clarity around impacts from current litigation activity before the U.S. Federal courts in the Company's ongoing litigation with [...]

Alexi, an AI litigation platform, reported a significant product expansion, ushering in a new era of legal technology designed to empower litigators throughout the entire file lifecycle. By applying advanced [...]

Seanergy Maritime issued the following statement regarding the decision by the High Court of the Republic of the Marshall Islands dismissing the litigation brought by Economou through his entity Sphinx [...]

Some of Britain's largest retailers are facing the prospect of paying millions in damages due to a wave of equal pay lawsuits, many of which are backed by contentious litigation [...]

Plaintiffs in 14 lawsuits call Sean Combs a rapist, including eight who sued in the past two weeks. Credible plaintiffs can help prosecutors win the Combs criminal case, legal experts [...]

The company said, 'Indivior (INDV) continues to address legacy litigation to create greater certainty for all stakeholders. Today, the Group announces an expected settlement of the last remaining antitrust litigation [...]

Byline: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Oct. 18 that the Court voted to accept four cases at its Oct. 7, 2024 conference. The Court also acted [...]

Byline: Rob Kozlowski Pension risk transfer activity should remain robust for the rest of the year and going into 2025, despite a series of PRT-related lawsuits, experts say. For the [...]

Philip Morris has been informed by its deconsolidated Canadian affiliate, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, or RBH, that the court-appointed mediator and monitor in RBH's Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, or CCAA, [...]

Byline: Olivia Craighead In the (https://www.thecut.com/article/diddy-indictment-explained-baby-oil-drugs-freak-offs.html) federal indictment brought against Sean 'Diddy' Combs in September, prosecutors claimed that during raids on Combs's properties, federal agents had seized 'more than 1,000 [...]

Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) announced that it has entered into a License Agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA). This Agreement resolves the patent litigation brought by Amicus [...]

Sean Combs was arrested in September on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. The federal indictment comes after Diddy was hit with a series of lawsuits. Some suits include allegations [...]

Two weeks after Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee said he would soon be (https://www.thewrap.com/diddy-lawsuit-120-accusers-tony-buzbee/) representing at least 120 accusers against Sean Diddy Combs, the attorney filed his first six sexual assault [...]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been accused of sexual assault in new lawsuits. They are the start of a wave of more than 100 lawsuits expected to come over the next [...]

Attorneys general in 14 different states filed lawsuits against TikTok last week. They say TikTok's algorithm is addictive and harmful to children's mental health. The suits mirror earlier ones against [...]

In an 8K filing, eXp World said that, 'On October 1, 2024, eXp World Holdings entered into a Settlement Term Sheet in 1925 Hooper LLC, et al. v. The National [...]

Hudbay Minerals has reached a final settlement with all plaintiffs in three civil lawsuits brought against the company regarding alleged actions that occurred in Guatemala in 2007 and 2009. This [...]

Byline: Moneylife Digital Team Holding Tata AIA Life Insurance Co Ltd (earlier known as Tata AIG Life Insurance Co Ltd) responsible for not notifying the complainant of acceptance or rejection [...]

Light & Wonder released a video statement from President and CEO Matt Wilson on the recent developments on the litigation regarding Dragon Train. Highlights from the statement include: the company [...]

Byline: Bar Khandekar will be working out of the firm's New Delhi office. Shivani Khandekar has joined S&R Associates as a Retained Partner in Litigation and Arbitration practice at the [...]

BD or Becton, Dickinson and Company announced it has reached an agreement to resolve the vast majority of its existing hernia litigation.Terms of the settlement agreement, which are confidential, include [...]

Align Technology announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted preliminary approval of a settlement to resolve shareholder derivative litigation that has been pending [...]

FlexShopper (FPAY) has initiated legal action to defend its intellectual property filing patent infringement lawsuits against Upbound Group (UPBD) and Katapult Holdings (KPLT) alleging unauthorized use of FlexShopper's patented technologies. [...]

The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) not only has presented new technological capabilities but also has introduced legal uncertainties as to how existing legal frameworks will apply to [...]

In a regulatory filing, Visa disclosed that on September 24, the company authorized the deposit of $1.5B into the litigation escrow account previously established under the company's U.S. retrospective responsibility [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench The course starts on October 13, 2024. Master the art of Corporate Litigation Practice and Drafting with Industry Experts! Corporate Litigation is an integral part of [...]

Markforged entered into a Settlement and Patent License Agreement in connection with the patent infringement litigation brought by Continuous Composites. The Settlement Agreement resolves all claims and counterclaims in this [...]

Byline: Open In a significant step towards enhancing the legal infrastructure for social justice and minority empowerment, the Punjab Government has invited applications for the post of Officer on Special [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench Mahajan has been associated with the firm for over 4 years. Emerge Legal has elevated Senior Associate Aarushi Mahajan as Head of Litigation Department. Mahajan is [...]

Byline: Sean Michael Newhouse If a federal employee is considering filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alternative dispute resolution is a process available to them that could [...]

Byline: Shardul Nautiyal In a strong push towards reform, the pharmaceutical industry has called for the decriminalization of cases related to the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO) to ease the [...]

Loews announced that the Delaware Court of Chancery found no liability in connection with Loews's 2018 acquisition of the minority limited partner interests in its Boardwalk Pipelines subsidiary. 'We are [...]

2024 SEP 7 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Greenspoon Marder announces the expansion of both the firm's Litigation and Intellectual [...]

In the litigation concerning the takeover of Postbank, Deutsche Bank announced that it has reached a settlement with the long-standing plaintiff Effecten-Spiegel AG. The proceeding initiated by Effecten-Spiegel AG is [...]

Editor's note. This is adapted from a post found at https:// www.thomasmoresociety.org/ news/thomas-more-societyfileslawsuit-challenging-missouri-reproductive-freedom-ballotinitiative In a lawsuit filed on August 22, 2024, on behalf of state lawmakers and concerned individuals, Thomas [...]