Main Practice Contacts

George W. Bramblett Jr.
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Nicholas Even
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Carrie L. Huff
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Odean L. Volker
+1 713.547.2036


Thad Behrens
+1 214.651.5668

Publications


04/11/2013 Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Chancery Court Should Have Given Preclusive Effect to California Judgment Dismissing Complaint for Failing to Plead Demand Futility
04/01/2013 Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Supreme Court Rejects Expert Damages Model as Insufficient for Class Certification in Antitrust Class Action
03/04/2013 Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds: Supreme Court Rejects Proof of Materiality at the Class Certification Stage
02/28/2013 Supreme Court Limits Government’s Ability to Seek Civil Penalties on Stale Claims
01/30/2013 Securities Litigation Year in Review 2012
09/13/2012 Not So Fast: Recovering Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees in Non-Monetary Class Action Settlements Just Got Harder
08/15/2012 Fifth Circuit Holds SEC Claims Against Bartek Untimely
08/14/2012 Rosado v. China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd.: Second Circuit Holds Stock Price Recovery after Alleged Fraud Does Not Bar Securities Suit
07/27/2012 Hubbard v. BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc.: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Event Study as Insufficient to Isolate Effects of Alleged Fraud on Company’s Stock Price
06/15/2012 Supreme Court to Again Address Class Certification in Securities Fraud Suits
05/23/2012 Fifth Circuit: Class Arbitration Proceedings Available Only with the Parties’ Consent
04/12/2012 Bloomberg BNA Features Haynes and Boone 2011 Securities Litigation Highlights Report
03/27/2012 Supreme Court Holds That a Failure to File Section 16(a) Disclosures Does Not Toll the Statute of Limitations on Recovery of Short Swing Profits
03/23/2012 Connections and Tangential Relationships: the Fifth Circuit Rules on Issue of First Impression and Adopts Standard for SLUSA Preclusion
02/13/2012 Fifth Circuit Affirms Courts’ Discretion on Fee Methods in Common Fund Class Settlements
02/03/2012 Securities Litigation Year in Review 2011
09/09/2011 SEC Abandons Fight on Shareholder Proxy Access Rule
08/22/2011 Aqua Dots Products Liability Litigation: Company’s Voluntary Reimbursement Plan Defeats Class Certification
07/06/2011 The U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Application of the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Trust Context
06/21/2011 A Tale of Two Class Actions: U.S Supreme Court Ruling Allows State Litigation to Proceed Despite Federal Injunction
06/21/2011 U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Massive Nationwide Employment Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart
06/14/2011 Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court Declines To Expand Circle of Potential Defendants In Securities Actions
06/07/2011 Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit Requirement that Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Must Prove “Loss Causation” at Class Certification Stage
04/01/2011 Limitations on the SEC: The Application of 28 U.S.C. § 2462 in SEC Proceedings
03/31/2011 In re DVI, Inc. Securities Litigation: The Third Circuit Weighs in on the Circuit Split Pending Before the Supreme Court in Halliburton
03/24/2011 Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano: Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Materiality Standard
03/15/2011 Plaintiffs’ Securities Fraud Case Against Boeing Survives, Then Collapses, Based on Reliance on Purported “Confidential Witness”
02/10/2011 Securities Litigation and The Supreme Court: 2010 in Review and a Preview of 2011
01/31/2011 “Control Person” Claim for Employee’s “Outside” Securities Transaction is Reinstated by Texas Appeals Court
12/21/2010 Horizontal Cooperation Agreements Between Competitors: Key Features of the Revised EC Guidelines
11/30/2010 Insurance Coverage for Insider Trading Claims
10/28/2010 Law360 Case Study: Versata And Trilogy V. Selectica
10/27/2010 Kit Addleman in Reuters.com: Law empowers SEC to go after more US market players
10/06/2010 Delaware Supreme Court Upholds “NOL” Poison Pill
09/07/2010 SEC Warns Credit Rating Agencies of Increased Fraud Scrutiny
06/28/2010 Supreme Court Limits Reach of Securities Fraud Actions Against Foreign Companies
05/07/2010 Supreme Court Vitiates Statute of Limitations Defense in Fraud Cases
04/10/2010 Loss Causation at the Proof Stage 5 Years After Dura
01/27/2010 Federal Court Issues Injunction Requiring Insurer to Advance Defense Costs to Stanford Financial Defendants for DOJ and SEC Proceedings
01/25/2010 A New Era of Cooperation at the SEC
09/01/2009 Supreme Court Update: Decisions from 2009
08/10/2009 July Madness: In Maverick Case, the SEC Tosses an Air Ball
07/30/2009 Director and Officer Fiduciary Duties in the Context of Insolvency
07/20/2009 Weathering the Storm: Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors in Troubled Company Situations
05/27/2009 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act Expands Liability Under the False Claims Act and Criminal Fraud Provisions
05/22/2009 Haynes and Boone Represents Victorious Directors in Texas Supreme Court Ruling on Shareholder Derivative Suits and Demand Letters
02/02/2009 Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel with Dual Legal and Business Roles
12/26/2008 Assessing Your Public Company’s Web Site, © Bloomberg Finance L.P. 2008. Originally published by Bloomberg Finance LP. Reprinted by permission.
11/20/2008 SEC Issues Proposed Roadmap For International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): What In-House Counsel Should Know Now
10/01/2008 What is IFRS and What Does It Mean for In-House Counsel?, CorporateCounsel.net
07/01/2008 Precarious Presumption: Class Reliance in Uniform Misrepresentations Cases, Class Action Reports, Volume 29, Number 4, July-August 2008
03/05/2008 Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Securities Laws
06/16/2006 Stock Option Backdating--How Big Are The Problems And What Should You Do?