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D&O Discourse is Back!
By Doug Greene
Hi, everyone: When I moved to BakerHostetler to lead its firmwide Securities and Governance Litigation Team, I decided to take a break from publishing D&O Discourse -- the blog I started in 2012 to provide…
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D&O Discourse’s 5th Anniversary
By Doug Greene
In my law practice, I defend particular clients in particular securities and governance cases. My mission is to get them through the litigation safely and comfortably. But I’ve always had…
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Doug Greene and Kristin Beneski Assist Washington Legal Foundation with US Supreme Court <em>Amicus</em> Brief in <em>Cyan</em> Securities Class Action
By Doug Greene
Today, my colleague Kristin Beneski and I were honored to file a US Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation (“WLF”) in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver…
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US Supreme Court Securities-Fraud Jurisprudence: An Emerging New Direction?
By Doug Greene
How will the 2017 arrival of Justice Neil Gorsuch influence the US Supreme Court’s securities-fraud jurisprudence? My colleague Kristin Beneski and I discuss this question in a Washington Legal Foundation Working…
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Mandatory Arbitration of Securities Disclosure Disputes Is a Bad Idea—For Defendants
By Doug Greene
SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar recently said that the SEC is open to allowing companies that are going public to provide for mandatory shareholder arbitration in their corporate charters. Piwowar’s remarks…
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From Sea to Shining Sea: The Ninth Circuit Aligns with the Second Circuit in Affirming <em>Omnicare</em>‘s Benefits for Defendants
By Doug Greene
In a matter of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, the court applied the Supreme Court’s Omnicare standard for pleading the falsity of a statement of opinion in City of…
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Wrap-up: “Who is Winning the Securities Class Action War—Plaintiffs or Defendants?”
By Doug Greene
I am grateful for the enthusiastic feedback I’ve received on my three-part blog post “Who is Winning the Securities Class Action War—Plaintiffs or Defendants?” I especially appreciate the time Kevin…
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Who Is Winning the Securities Class Action War—Plaintiffs or Defendants? (Part III)
By Doug Greene
This is the third of a three-part post that analyzes why plaintiffs are winning the securities class action war and what defendants can do about it. At stake is a…
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Who is Winning the Securities Class Action War—Plaintiffs or Defendants? (Part II)
By Doug Greene
This is the second of a three-part post evaluating who is winning the securities class action war. Part I explained that this war is not just a scorecard of wins…
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Who is Winning the Securities Class Action War—Plaintiffs or Defendants?
By Doug Greene
The securities class action war is about far more than the height of the pleading hurdles plaintiffs must clear, the scorecard of motions to dismiss won and lost, or median…