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CONTENTS
CLASS CERTIFICATION 3
Fort Worth Emps. Ret. Fund v. J.P. Morgan Cha se & Co.,
No. 09-cv-3701 (JPO) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2014)
DISCOVERY 3
Freedman v. Weatherford In t’l Ltd., No. 12 Civ. 2121 (LAK) (JCF)
(S.D.N.Y. July 25, 2014)
EXCHANGE ACT 4
Brado v. Vocera Commc’ns, Inc., No. C-13-3567-EMC
(N.D. Cal. July 30, 2014)
Petrie v. Electroni c Game Card, Inc., No. 12 -55620
(9th Cir. July 30, 2014)
U.S. v. McGee, No. 13-3183 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2014)
Reinschmidt v. Zillow, Inc., et . al, No. C12-2084 RSM
(W.D. Wash. Oct. 20, 2014)
FIDUCIARY DUTI ES 6
Books and Records ............................................................6
Wolst v. Monster Beverage Cor p., C.A. No. 9154-VCN,
2014 WL 4966139, opinion (Del. Ch. Oc t. 3, 2014)
Bylaws ............................................................................7
City of Provide nce v. First Citizens BancSha res, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. 9795-CB (consol.), opinion (Del. Ch . Sept. 8, 2014)
Mergers and Acquisitions ..................................................7
In re KKR Fin. Hold ings LLC S’holder Litig., C.A. No. 9210-CB,
2014 WL 5151285 (consol.), opinion (Del. Ch. Oct. 14, 2014)
INTERPRETING JANUS 8
Town N. Bank, N.A. v. Shay Fin . Servs., Inc., No. 3:11-CV-3125-L,
2014 WL 4851558 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2014)
INVESTMENT C OMPANY ACT 9
Laborers’ Local 265 Pension Fund v. iS hares Trust, No. 13-6486
(6th Cir. Sept. 30, 2014)
LOSS CAUSATION 9
Pub. Employees Ret. S ys. of Mississippi, Puerto Rico Teachers
Ret. Sys. v. Amedisys , Inc., No. 13-30580, 2014 WL 4931411
(5th Cir. Oct. 2, 2014)
PSLR A 10
Lead Plaintiff ..................................................................10
Sklar v. Amarin Cor p. PLC, No. 13-cv-06663 (FLW) (TJB)
(D.N.J. July 29, 2014)
Scienter .........................................................................11
In re Omnicare, Inc . Securities Litigati on, No. 13-5597
(6th Cir. Oct. 10, 2014)
RELIANCE 11
Salvani v. ADVFN PLC, No. 13 Civ. 7082 (ER)
(S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2014)
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SCIENTER 12
Weinstein v. McClendon, No. 13-6121 (10th Cir. July 8, 2014)
SECURITIES ACT C LAIMS 12
MHC Mut . Conver sion Fund , L.P. v. San dler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.,
No. 13-1016 (10th Cir. Aug. 1, 2014)
Firefighters Pensio n & Relief Fund of the City of New Orle ans v. Bulmahn,
CIV.A. 13-3935, 2014 WL 5040696 (E.D. La. Sept. 26, 2014)
SLUSA 13
Goodman v. AssetMa rk, Inc., No. 09-CV-5603 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2014)
SLUSA PRECLUSION 14
Campbell v. Am. Int’l G rp., Inc., 760 F.3d 62 (D.C. Cir. 2014)
STAN DI NG 14
Cartica Mgmt ., LLC v. Corpbanca, S.A., No. 14-cv-2258 (PKC)
(S.D.N.Y. Sept. 25, 2014)
STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS 15
Schmidt v. Skola s, et. al, No. 4:12-cv-00603-JEG, No. 13-3750
(3d Cir. Oct. 17, 2014)
STATUTES OF REPOSE 15
Bensinger v. Denbu ry Resources Inc., No. 10-cv-1917
(E.D.N.Y. July 14, 2014)
Kaplan v. S.A.C. Ca pital Advisors, L.P., Nos. 12-cv-9350 (VM),
13-cv-2459 (VM) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014)
Fed. Deposit Ins. Co rp. v. Chase Mortg. Fin. Corp., No. 12 Civ. 6166 (LLS)
(S.D.N.Y. Sept. 2, 2014)
Nomura Home Equit y Loan, Inc. v. Nat’l Credit Unio n Admin. Bd.,
Nos. 12-3295 & 3298 (10th Cir. Aug. 19, 2014)
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