There is a circuit split over the standard to plead scienter in 10b-5 securities fraud litigation against corporations. NARROW PLEADING dismisses complaints for failure to plead scienter, unless the complaint names a natural person at the corporation who has scienter. But BROAD PLEADING allows a complaint to survive dismissal, even without naming any natural person … Continue reading The Epistemology of Collective Scienter
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This past September, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that shareholders who purchased securities in Slack’s direct listing have standing under Section 11[1] of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to sue the company for misrepresentations in its registration statement, even if they cannot prove that their shares were … Continue reading Shareholders Get Some Slack on Section 11, Direct Listing Pleading Standard