Review: Recent Securities Litigation, Rising Trends

Law360, New York (February 17, 2012, 1:34 PM EST) -- In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court decided three significant securities cases: Matrixx Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano 131 S. Ct. 1309 (2011), regarding statistical significance in the context of securities fraud; Erica P. John Fund Inc. v. Halliburton Co. 131 S. Ct. 2179 (2011), addressing the relationship between loss causation and class certification; and Janus Capital Group Inc. v. First Derivative Traders 131 S. Ct. 2296, 2305 (2011), construing the phrase "to make" under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 10b-5. Coming up in the term that began in October 2011, the court will decide Credit Suisse Securities v. Simmonds, to clarify the two-year statute of limitations under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act....

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