Where investors who bought defendant’s stock during a certain period sued the defendant corporation and its executives, claiming that they were misled about problems in the defendant’s Canadian stores, the complaint failed to allege facts supporting an inference of fraudulent ...

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Zola v. TD Ameritrade, Inc. (MLW No. 71662/Case No. 16-3013 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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Rand-Heart of New York, Inc. v. Dolan (MLW No. 68785/Case No. 15-1838 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Zarecor v. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (MLW No. 68267/Case No. 13-3315 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and its parent, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., were accused in a lawsuit by New Jersey of failing to give objective ratings to mortgage-backed securities.

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SEC v. Das (MLW No. 65323/Case No. 12-2780 – 22 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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McCrary v. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company (MLW No. 63995/Case No. 11-1213 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Gallus v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (MLW No. 63499/Case No. 11-1091 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brown (MLW No. 62854/Case No. 10-2479 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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A federal judge today gave final approval to a $5.75 million settlement in a securities class action against St. Louis-based Panera Bread Co.

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A federal lawsuit seeks to stop a $3.2 billion merger between St. Louis-based IT infrastructure provider Savvis Inc. and telecommunications company CenturyLink Inc. — or at least get a better price for shareholders.

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