6/5/2026 3:49:45 PM Supreme Court Holds That Pecuniary Harm to Investors Is Not Required for SEC Disgorgement Award By Jonathan Richman The Supreme Court recently held that the Securities and Exchange Commission need not establish pecuniary harm to investors to obtain a...
5/28/2026 10:56:17 PM Florida Court Rejects Transfer Request Made After Jurisdictional Game-Playing By Jonathan Richman A Florida federal court recently denied a request to transfer a case to another forum after having dismissed it for lack of personal...
12/31/2025 3:35:30 PM Florida Federal Court Rejects Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresidents Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks Based Solely on Their Global Promotional Activities By Jonathan Richman A Florida federal court recently dismissed a putative class action against Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, two Texas-based...
12/9/2025 8:16:01 PM Wisconsin Federal Court Sanctions Law Firm for Filing Baseless Securities Class Action By Jonathan Richman A Wisconsin federal court recently sanctioned a plaintiff’s law firm for filing a securities class-action complaint that failed to plead...
8/18/2025 6:06:12 PM California Supreme Court Holds That Loss of Jury Trial Cannot Be Sole Reason to Deny Enforcement of Exclusive-Forum Provision By Jonathan Richman The California Supreme Court recently ruled that California courts should not refuse to enforce forum-selection provisions solely because...
8/18/2025 6:55:52 AM R&D Tax Relief: When Bad Advice Leads to Professional Negligence Claims By Matthew Sharp For many UK businesses, R&D tax relief has offered a welcome cash injection, designed to reward innovation, fund development, and...
8/12/2025 8:26:09 PM Ninth Circuit Upholds SEC’s “No Admit, No Deny” Rule for Settlements By Jonathan Richman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently denied a petition challenging the SEC’s refusal to amend its rule that a...
6/12/2025 1:22:12 AM DOJ’s New FCPA Guidelines Focus On Corrupt Intent and Transnational Crime By Daniel Sachs Steven Tyrrell Stephen Best On June 10, 2025, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued revised and hotly anticipated...
5/21/2025 8:19:59 PM NY Court of Appeals Applies Internal-Affairs Doctrine to Standing in Derivative Actions on Behalf of Foreign Corporations By Jonathan Richman The New York Court of Appeals confirmed that the internal-affairs doctrine, which generally applies the substantive law of a...
5/15/2025 8:37:21 PM DOJ Updates White-Collar Enforcement Priorities By Daniel Sachs Steven Tyrrell Stephen Best DOJ Updates White-Collar Crime Enforcement Priorities On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...
3/6/2025 8:47:16 PM Coinbase Investor Dismisses Class Action After Ninth Circuit Ruling Requiring Traceability for Securities Act Claims Arising From Direct Listings By Jonathan Richman A Coinbase investor voluntarily dismissed a putative class action against Coinbase arising from shares issued through a direct listing,...