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Kirk Hartley
Dec 8, 20182 min read
Fresenius As “Event Driven” Litigation; The Delaware Supreme Court Rapidly Affirms the T
Over the last couple of years, defense oriented commentators have used the meme “event driven securities litigation” as part of...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 16, 20181 min read
More Securities Suits in State Courts?
Various pundits are saying 2019 will include a surge in litigation. In that vein, it will be interesting to see if adverse financial...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 21, 20141 min read
The Next 80 Years at the SEC
Courtesy of a November 20, 2014 post at the Columbia Blue Sky Blog, the views of an SEC Commissioner as to its next 80 years....
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 3, 20141 min read
D&O Liability Issues – A Look Ahead
Kevin LaCroix published a September 3, 2014 post with his prognostications about a range of D&O issues. Of note, he included litigation...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 24, 20114 min read
U.S. Supreme Court Approves Securities Fraud Claims for Failing to Disclose Information on Possible
Wow – I took a few days off for spring break with my daughters, and now return to find the US Supreme Court recognizing that product...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 23, 20101 min read
Change Ahead – International Accounting Standards and Contingent Liabilities – IAS 37 Re
Yesterday’s post was tied to US FAS 5 rules and related disclosures regarding contingent liabilities, such as mass tort claims. As the...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Financial Disclosures of Contingent Liabilities – New Towers Watson Summary of 10Ks Regarding
Courtesy of a friend, I learned about Towers Watson publishing this report summarizing public company FAS 5 disclosures regarding...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 10, 20091 min read
Mass Tort Lawyers – Perhaps Wise to Keep an Eye on the Pleadings Before Judge Rakoff in the B
The point of this post is to suggest that mass tort lawyers for publicly traded entities need to keep at least a watchful eye on the gist...
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