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The Last Remaining FX Defendant Prevails at Trial
April 5, 2023 | Blog | By Elizabeth M. Platonova, Joel Rothman
Class Plaintiffs in the case of In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates AntiTrust Litigation alleged that Defendant banks conspired to fix prices in the foreign exchange (“FX”) market in violation of Sections 1 and 3 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. All but one of the Defendant banks settled several years ago for a total of $2.3 billion. Defendant Credit Suisse decided to proceed to trial, and on October 20, 2022, a Manhattan federal jury found that Credit Suisse played no part in a conspiracy to fix the foreign currency exchange market.
Recent First Circuit Opinion in SEC v. Lemelson Provides a Roadmap for Section 10(b) Cases Involving an Opinion Defense
January 20, 2023 | Blog | By Joel Rothman, Elizabeth M. Platonova
On January 3, 2023, the First Circuit released an opinion that provides a straightforward analysis of the legal standards for determining if statements are non-actionable opinions, as well as the viability of materiality and scienter defenses.
“We lost. Sorry everyone”: The Implications of a District Court Finding Digital Token, LBC, Is a Security
November 21, 2022 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro, Will G. McKitterick, Sofia Nuño
Crypto litigation, fueled by a surge of investors and market volatility, has ballooned in recent years. For example, numerous securities class actions and government subpoenas followed the May 2022 collapse of the $60 billion Terra network, along with stablecoin TerraUSD and the LUNA token.