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Basic Is Anything But: Courts Continue to Wrangle with the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption

Co-authors:  Mark Kornfeld and Deborah Renner Editors’ Note:  This post has also been published as a BakerHostetler Client Alert. It has been 25 years since the Supreme Court announced the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988).  Yet many courts, including the Supreme Court itself, continue to struggle in … Continue Reading

Amgen Argument Points Up Split in Supreme Court on Class Certification Versus Merits Issues

On November 5, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 1085, a securities class action, that concerned the ongoing question of what evidence is required at the class certification stage of a case as opposed to the merits phase of a case.  (See our blog … Continue Reading
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