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Paul, Weiss is representing leading national homebuilder and developer Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in its cash-and-stock acquisition of William Lyon Homes for $2.4 billion, including assumption of debt.
Paul, Weiss is advising the special committee of the board of directors of Pattern Energy Group Inc. in its approximately $6.1 billion all-cash acquisition by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).
Paul, Weiss and co-counsel the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of thousands of traumatized children and parents who were forcibly torn from each other under the Trump administration’s illegal…
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Paul, Weiss is representing the special committee of the board of directors of Empire Resorts, Inc. in its acquisition by Kien Huat Realty III Limited and Genting Malaysia Berhad for $9.74 in cash per share of common stock, and with…
Paul, Weiss is representing the private equity joint venture of WaveDivision Capital LLC and Searchlight Capital Partners LLC in their $1.35 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications’ Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana…
- Apr 25, 2019
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On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a one-line per curiam order in Emulex v. Varjabedian: “The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.”
- Mar 28, 2019
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The Supreme Court held in Lorenzo v. Securities & Exchange Commission that under certain circumstances a person who does not “make” a misstatement may nonetheless be held primarily liable.
- Mar 23, 2018
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved a split among state and federal courts about whether the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 divested state courts of jurisdiction over class actions asserting claims under the…
Paul, Weiss is representing leading government IT provider CSRA in its $9.6 billion acquisition by defense contractor General Dynamics.
- Jan 17, 2018
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In Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., No. 16-250 (2d Cir. Jan. 12, 2018), the Second Circuit vacated the certification of a securities fraud class action due to two errors by the district court in its…
- Dec 04, 2017
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A judge in the Northern District of California recently allowed the bulk of claims to advance in the Wells Fargo shareholder litigation. Plaintiffs seek to hold the board liable for alleged sales practices that have received…
- Nov 09, 2017
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Litigation partner Geoffrey Chepiga and pro bono counsel Emily Goldberg will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and the Human Services Council.
The M&A litigation landscape was dramatically altered by the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision in In re Trulia in 2016.
- Aug 25, 2017
- Publications
On Wednesday, in United States v. Martoma, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled its own 2014 decision in United States v. Newman and altered the standard for determining whether the personal benefit…
- Jul 10, 2017
- Publications
In a July 7 decision with significant implications for the global OTC market, the Second Circuit addressed the standards for certifying classes in securities fraud cases. In In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, the Second Circuit…
- Jun 27, 2017
- Publications
In a decision likely to have significant ramifications for federal securities litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the class action tolling doctrine established in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah does…
After more than four years of litigation, U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl entered final judgment approving the settlement of the last private civil class action alleging that Paul, Weiss clients Steven A. Cohen, SAC Capital…
- Mar 30, 2017
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an important securities case addressing the scope of federal securities law claims based solely on omissions of material information. Petitioners in the case, Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana …
- Feb 02, 2017
- Publications
On January 31, President Donald J. Trump nominated Tenth Circuit
Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death
of Justice Antonin Scalia nearly a year ago. Though his judicial
record in private securities…
- Jan 17, 2017
- Publications
On January 13, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a
decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
holding that the class action tolling doctrine established in
American Pipe & Construction Co. v.…
Paul, Weiss represented a pro bono client in a successful
clemency petition. Our client, a 54-year old man from Florida, had
been sentenced to life imprisonment under a law that imposes a
mandatory life sentence after two or more …
- Nov 08, 2016
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A Second Circuit decision on November 3 in Lowinger v.
Morgan Stanley rejected a theory that would have impeded
the normal process by which trading of newly issued IPO shares is
stabilized. In its November 3 ruling, the court…
- Sep 30, 2016
- Publications
On September 27, 2016, in related appeals arising from a
long-pending securities fraud class action against Vivendi, the
Second Circuit ruled on several important issues, including the
proof necessary to both sustain and defeat…
- Jul 22, 2016
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In two recent federal securities fraud actions stemming from the
2008 financial crisis, the Second Circuit has affirmed that
statutes of repose
- Jun 03, 2016
- Publications
Tilton v. SEC, No. 15-2103 (2d Cir. June 1, 2016), arose from an action in federal district court brought by Lynn Tilton and her investment firms ("Tilton"), who were respondents in an ongoing administrative proceeding before the…
- May 31, 2016
- Publications
On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit reversed a jury's finding of liability and the
district court's imposition of a $1.27 billion civil penalty on
Countrywide and related defendants…
- May 31, 2016
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In SEC v. Graham, No. 14-13562 (11th Cir. May 26, 2016), the Eleventh Circuit held that the five-year statute of limitations applicable to SEC enforcement proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2462 applies to disgorgement and declaratory…
- May 25, 2016
- Publications
On Friday, in Stein v.
Regions Morgan Keegan Select High Income Fund, Inc.,
Nos. 15-5903, 15-905, 2016 WL 2909333 (6th Cir. May 19, 2016),
the Sixth Circuit ruled that the tolling doctrine established by
American Pipe & …
- May 16, 2016
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In Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v.
Manning, No. 14-1132 (May 16, 2016), the Supreme Court
held that the provision of exclusive federal jurisdiction in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") does…
- May 10, 2016
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Last week, a judge in the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled on an
issue that has remained unresolved since the United States Supreme
Court split 4-4 on it four years ago: whether the two-year
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- Apr 13, 2016
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On April 12, 2016, in IBEW Local 98 Pension Fund v.
Best Buy Co., Inc., the Eighth Circuit
interpreted and applied the Supreme Court's decision in
Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund,
Inc. ("Halliburton II"), which …
Six new partners have been elected to the partnership, effective January 1, 2016: Jacob A. Adlerstein, Geoffrey R. Chepiga, Ellen N. Ching, William A. Clareman, Gregory F. Laufer and Claudine Meredith-Goujon.
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