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Contract law VT Shareholder Representative, LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

VT Shareholder Representative, LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of an earn-out and breach-of-contract suit as unripe and denied supplementation of the appellate record with a later SEC filing.

  • Ripeness
  • Motion to dismiss
  • Earn-out provisions
  • Commercially reasonable efforts
  • Supplementing the record on appeal
  • Declaratory judgment
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Constitutional law 603 U.S. 109

SEC v. Jarkesy

The Supreme Court held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, defendants are entitled to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.

  • Seventh amendment
  • Public rights doctrine
  • Article iii
  • Civil penalties
  • Administrative adjudication
  • Securities fraud
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Securities law 603 U.S. 109

SEC v. Jarkesy Revisions: 6/27/24

The Supreme Court held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, defendants are entitled to a jury trial in Article III court.

  • Seventh amendment
  • Public rights doctrine
  • Administrative adjudication
  • Civil penalties
  • Jury trial
  • Article iii
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Constitutional law 603 U.S. 109

SEC v. Jarkesy Revisions: 6/27/24

The Court held that the SEC must afford a jury trial when seeking civil penalties for securities fraud, because the claims are legal in nature and the public-rights exception does not apply.

  • Seventh amendment jury right
  • Public rights doctrine
  • Administrative adjudication
  • Civil penalties
  • Article iii jurisdiction
  • Nondelegation
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Antitrust law 105 F.4th 1346

Angel Guzman v. Robinhood Markets, Inc.

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Sherman Act § 1 claim arising from Robinhood’s 2021 trading restrictions, holding plaintiffs failed to allege anticompetitive effects in a relevant market.

  • Sherman act §1
  • Rule of reason
  • Market definition
  • Payment for order flow
  • Motion to dismiss
  • Antitrust standing
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Securities law 601 U.S. 257

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L. P.

The Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b) unless the omission makes an affirmative statement misleading.

  • Rule 10b-5(b)
  • Item 303 (regulation s-k)
  • Omissions vs half-truths
  • Sec enforcement
  • Securities-law
  • Rule-10b-5
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Securities law SEC v. Rashid

SEC v. Rashid

The Second Circuit reversed SEC v. Rashid, holding that Rashid’s false expense claims did not breach his duty of care to the funds or proximately cause their loss.

  • Section 206(1)
  • Section 206(2)
  • Aiding and abetting
  • Expense reimbursement practices
  • Foreseeability
  • Duty of care
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Employment law 601 U.S. 23

Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC

The Supreme Court held that a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower need prove only that protected activity was a contributing factor in the adverse action, not retaliatory intent.

  • Whistleblower protections
  • Sarbanes-oxley act §1514a
  • Contributing-factor causation
  • Burden-shifting
  • Retaliation/intent
  • Whistleblower-protections
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Employment law 601 U.S. 23

Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC

The Supreme Court held that a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower need only show protected activity was a contributing factor in the adverse action, not retaliatory intent.

  • Sarbanes-oxley §1514a
  • Contributing-factor causation
  • Retaliatory intent (animus)
  • Burden-shifting framework
  • Sarbanes-oxley
  • Whistleblower-protection
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Securities law 598 U.S. 759

Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani

The Supreme Court held that a Securities Act § 11 plaintiff must plead and prove purchase of shares traceable to the challenged registration statement.

  • Section 11
  • Registration statement
  • Direct listing
  • Traceability
  • Damages cap
  • Strict liability
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