This last year has witnessed some of the most significant developments in securities class action jurisprudence in decades, led by the U.S. Supreme Court's very prominent interest in securities cases, and its decision to grant certiorari in two important...

There has been significant interest in “going private transactions,” which are generally defined to be transactions in which a controlling shareholder, the executive management team, or other person seeks to “take the company private”...

The global market for securities surges. The global stock of financial assets is now around 186 trillion U.S. dollars, a figure one and a half times higher than it was just 15 years ago; new capital raising worldwide is up 40% from the last year; cross-border...

About 10,000 firms in the U.S. provide financial planning and investment advice to individuals and businesses, with combined annual revenue of $15 billion. Investment advisers are persons who provide advice to others about investments for a fee and are required...