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Supreme Court's Slack Ruling Could Curb 'Direct Listings' IPO Alternative Image

Supreme Court's Slack Ruling Could Curb 'Direct Listings' IPO Alternative

Jimmy Hoover

Messaging company Slack Technologies scored a unanimous victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last month, which held that an investor suing over a company stock offering must show he held "registered" securities in the company.

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Ticket Resellers' Campaign Raises Securities Law and Money Laundering Issues Image

Ticket Resellers' Campaign Raises Securities Law and Money Laundering Issues

Chris Castle

Some markets allow for the sale of a future contract for tickets that have not gone on sale as yet (i.e., "speculative ticketing"). The future contract, like an option or a commodities future, allows someone to purchase the right to buy a ticket once the tickets are offered for sale. This seems to implicate securities law issues, broker-dealer regulations and potentially the general solicitation rule.

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Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Second Circuit and 'Rio Tinto' Image

Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Second Circuit and 'Rio Tinto'

Anthony Michael Sabino

Part Three of a Three-Part Article The first two installments exposited Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders and Lorenzo v. S.E.C., both essential to understanding S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto, the Second Circuit's most recent holding regarding Rule 10b-5 "scheme" liability. Now we examine how the "Mother Court" of federal securities law has tended to that branch of the mighty judicial oak rooted in that venerable regulation.

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Ticket Resellers' State House Campaign Raises Resale Royalty, Securities Law and Money Laundering Issues

Chris Castle

Should resale royalties be paid to artists and venues when tickets are resold? Such a resale royalty might encourage artists or sports teams to permit transferability for some or all their tickets. It would also help to value that property right. So how would that work?

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Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing: A Quagmire Neither the Supreme Court Nor the U.S. Sentencing Commission Can Continue to Avoid Image

Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing: A Quagmire Neither the Supreme Court Nor the U.S. Sentencing Commission Can Continue to Avoid

Harry Sandick & Nicole Scully

It has been common knowledge to criminal practitioners for years that a criminal defendant's sentence for a crime which they have been convicted can be increased based on consideration of conduct that the jury acquitted. This outcome can make a partial acquittal in federal court into a pyrrhic victory.

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Limitations on Omissions Liability for Opinions Following 'Omnicare' Image

Limitations on Omissions Liability for Opinions Following 'Omnicare'

Gregory Silbert & Joshua Wesneski

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." The Supreme Court has applied this maxim to the securities laws, holding in Omnicare v. Laborers District Council , that while statements of opinion generally are not actionable, there are some narrow circumstances in which such statements entail or imply false or misleading assertions of fact.

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Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Second Circuit and 'Lorenzo' Image

Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Second Circuit and 'Lorenzo'

Anthony Michael Sabino

Part Two of a Three-Part Article This three-part series discusses the Second Circuit's recent Securities law landmark case, S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto. However, in order to discuss Rio Tinto, it is important to first understand the Supreme Court landmark cases upon which Rio Tinto is based: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Trader, discussed in the first installment, and S.E.C v. Lorenzo, discussed here.

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Victims' Rights In Corporate Deferred Prosecutions

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack

Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) have become a significant part of white-collar criminal practice. But DPAs are not without controversy. These agreements have been attacked as too lenient, not forcing companies to be held accountable for illegal conduct. They are also seen as a way for prosecutors to appear tough on white-collar crime while not bringing charges against individuals.

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What to Expect from the Next Era In White-Collar Enforcement Image

What to Expect from the Next Era In White-Collar Enforcement

Walt Brown, Melinda Haag, Joshua Hill & JiLon Li

In February 2023, in a significant update to its corporate criminal enforcement policies and procedures, the DOJ announced a voluntary self-disclosure policy applicable in all U.S. Attorney's Offices nationwide. This article discusses the DOJ's recent pronouncements and recent cases with an eye toward identifying trends that companies should keep in mind when preparing for the next enforcement era.

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Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Supreme Court and 'Janus' Image

Rule 10b-5 Liability: The Supreme Court and 'Janus'

Anthony Michael Sabino

Part One of a Three-Part Article This three-part series discusses the Second Circuit's recent Securities law landmark case, S.E.C. v. Rio Tinto. However, in order to discuss Rio Tinto, it is important to first understand the Supreme Court landmark cases upon which Rio Tinto is based: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Trader and S.E.C v. Lorenzo. Janus is discussed here in the first installment.

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