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Will A Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Encourage More Companies To Go Public Through A Direct Listing? Implications Of Slack Technologies v. Pirani - Securities - United States
On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) issued a much-anticipated decision in the case captioned Slack Technologies, LLC, fka Slack Technologies, Inc. (Slack), et al. v. Pirani (the Slack Decision), which may have significant implications on the way technology companies decide to go public. In the Slack Decision, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Ninth Circuit decision that denied Slack's motion to dismiss a securities class-action lawsuit.
Will a Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Encourage More Companies to Go Public Through a Direct Listing? Implications of Slack Technologies v. Pirani | Fenwick & West LLP - JDSupra
On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) issued a much-anticipated decision in the case captioned Slack Technologies, LLC, fka Slack Technologies, Inc. (Slack), et al. v. Pirani (the Slack Decision), which may have significant implications on the way technology companies decide to go public. In the Slack Decision, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Ninth Circuit decision that denied Slack’s motion to dismiss a securities class-action lawsuit.
[Webinar] Corporate + Securities Law Developments and Litigation Trends in 2022 - January 17th, 1:00 pm PT | JD Supra
January 17th, 2023 1:00 PM PT Presenters: David A.
Delaware Supreme Court Endorses a New Three-Part Demand Futility Test | JD Supra
On September 23, 2021—in United Food and Commercial Workers v. Zuckerberg—the Delaware Supreme Court endorsed a new universal three-part demand futility test. The decision will likely have far-reaching consequences, including both streamlining the demand futility analysis and raising the bar for plaintiffs to plead that demand is futile. The Aronson and Rales Tests for Demand Futility Control over litigation is typically within the business judgment of a company’s directors.
Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Dilution Claims Against a Controller Are Solely Derivative, Overruling Prior Precedent | JD Supra
On September 20, 2021, the Delaware Supreme Court took the highly unusual step of overruling its prior decision in Gentile v. Rossette. An oft-criticized precedent from 2006, Gentile created an exception allowing minority stockholders to bring both direct and derivative claims in situations where a controlling stockholder allegedly diluted the minority’s financial and voting interests, even though dilution claims were normally considered purely derivative.
Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Dilution Claims Against A Controller Are Solely Derivative, Overruling Prior Precedent
United States: Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Dilution Claims Against A Controller Are Solely Derivative, Overruling Prior Precedent 25 September 2021 by Marie Bafus , Jennifer Bretan , Catherine Kevane , Dean Kristy and Felix Lee Fenwick & West LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On September 20, 2021, the Delaware Supreme Court took the highly unusual step of overruling its prior decision in Gentile v.
DOJ Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework Highlights Risk For Those Engaged In Virtual Asset And Cryptocurrency Activity
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In case it was not already clear, the U.S. Department of Justice recently confirmed that ensuring the use of cryptocurrency "is safe, and does not imperil our public safety or our national security, is vitally important to America and its allies." With the U.S. Attorney General's Cyber-Digital Task Force's Oct.
DOJ Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework Highlights Risk for Those Engaged in Virtual Asset and Cryptocurrency Activity | JD Supra
In case it was not already clear, the U.S. Department of Justice recently confirmed that ensuring the use of cryptocurrency “is safe, and does not imperil our public safety or our national security, is vitally important to America and its allies.” With the U.S. Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force’s Oct.
SEC Amends its Whistleblower Program Rules | JD Supra
In a three-to-two vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule amending its whistleblower program, which pays monetary awards to individuals who voluntarily provide information to the SEC about a violation of the federal securities laws.
SEC Commissioner Dissents In Crypto Enforcement Action
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SEC Commissioner Dissents in Crypto Enforcement Action | JD Supra
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on September 15, 2020, that it charged online esports gaming and gambling platform Unikrn with violations of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of digital asset securities. To settle the matter, Unikrn agreed to pay a $6.1 million penalty, substantially all of the company’s assets.
The SBA's April 23 Guidance On PPP Loans Increases Risk For Applicants, Provides Brief Window Of Amnesty For Return Of Funds
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The SBA's April 23 Guidance on PPP Loans Increases Risk for Applicants, Provides Brief Window of Amnesty for Return of Funds | JD Supra
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Coronavirus Update: Employer Response, Contract Performance, And Public Company Disclosure Guidance
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Impacts of Coronavirus on Commercial Agreements and Public Company Disclosures By Jedediah Wakefield, Todd R. Gregorian, Michael S. Dicke, Catherine Kevane and David Bell COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has now spread to at least 70 countries, including the United States. Our thoughts are first and foremost with the families of those directly impacted.
Securities Litigation and Enforcement Newsletter - November 2015
And the Winner Is… The SEC Touts Record Number of Cases for Its FY2015, and Highlights Innovative Firsts Settlement Scrutiny: The Decline of Delaware Disclosure-Only Settlements Game of Phones: Employer-Issued Smartphones and Employee Fifth Amendment Protections Return of the Cyborg Part II: First-Ever SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement Action Filed Against Investment Advisory Firm Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200?: D&O Insurance—Advance Warning on Fee Advancement Baby You Can Drive My Car… Or...
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