Month: January 2012

The number of securities class actions filed in 2011 increased to 188 compared to 176 filings the prior year, according to a recent report from Cornerstone Research. That number is still below the average of 194 cases filed from 1997 …

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Exchange Act Section 16(b) is typically applied as a “blunt instrument,” according to the courts. Crafted as the only provision to specifically address insider trading at the time the Exchange Act was written in 1934, the Section precludes what are …

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