Month: January 2009

Recent decisions by the Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals have created a split in the circuits regarding the removal of class action Securities Act claims brought in state court. Compare Katz v. Gerardi, Case No. 08-8031 (9th Cir. …

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a pair of decisions last week construing the Supreme Court’s decision in Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issuers & Rights, Ltd., 127 S.Ct. 2499 (2007). In that decision, the Supreme Court resolved a …

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