October 21, 2014
A Texas federal judge said Tuesday she will not force Halliburton Co.'s CEO and another executive to testify in a decade-old class action over a stock issuance, as long as the company officially stands behind their previously provided oral and written statements.
September 16, 2014
Halliburton Co. on Monday asked a Texas federal court to exclude two of its executives from depositions before an upcoming hearing in a decade-old purported class action, arguing their testimony is irrelevant to the issue of stock price impact that has been up for dispute since the Supreme Court weighed in on the case in June.
September 11, 2014
Halliburton Co. lashed out in Texas federal court on Wednesday in a price impact dispute against a purported class of shareholders claiming misstatements by the company, arguing it could show the alleged statements had no actual impact on the price of its stock.
August 28, 2014
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday ordered the landmark securities class action against Halliburton Co. back to the Texas district court now that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected its attempt to quash the claim but gave the energy giant the power to challenge the impact of its alleged misstatements on its share price.
August 21, 2014
The plaintiff in a securities class action against Halliburton Co. involving asbestos litigation liability on Thursday asked a Texas federal judge to permit deposition of former CEO Dick Cheney, despite discovery in the case being stayed, saying Cheney's heart could render him unavailable later.
July 24, 2014
A Texas federal judge has granted an emergency motion from Halliburton Co. to stay discovery in a securities class action involving liability from asbestos litigation while the issue of class certification is revisited following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark June decision in the case.
July 11, 2014
Halliburton Co. told a Texas federal judge Thursday that the plaintiffs in a securities class action claiming misstatements by the company have shown no reason to continue discovery while the question of class certification is revisited in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case.
June 30, 2014
Halliburton Co. and the group of investors suing it over alleged misstatements will have to put their discovery dispute on hold while a Texas federal judge weighs in on Halliburton's motion to revisit the question of class certification, according to recently filed court documents filed Friday.
April 24, 2014
Members of a decade-old securities class action lawsuit lambasted energy giant Halliburton Co. in Texas federal court on Wednesday, saying the company willfully withheld hundreds of relevant documents without providing any information about them in its privilege logs.
December 03, 2013
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said discovery in a securities fraud class action against Halliburton Co. would continue while the U.S. Supreme Court debates whether to overturn controlling precedent governing investors' reliance on material misstatements.