Insider trading – An international merger Based on trading in advance of Eurex Frankfurt A.G.’s $2.8 billion cash merger with International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (“ISE”), the SEC and the Department of Justice brought, respectively, civil and criminal insider trading …

This Week in Securities Litigation (March 7-13, 2008): Insider Trading, The End of A Controversial Hedge Fund Survey and the Sub-Prime Crisis Read More »

Following the Supreme Court’s decision last June in Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., 127 S.Ct. 2499 (2007), one key question in pleading a “strong inference” of scienter is whether plaintiffs can rely on facts supplied by confidential …

Using Confidential Sources To Plead Scienter After Tellabs Read More »