On February 10, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Slack Technologies LLC, dismissing an investor class action lawsuit brought under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act. This decision follows the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which held that the Slack plaintiffs must trace their purchased securities to the
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Proxy Season: Hot Topics
By Jennifer Zepralka, Anna T. Pinedo & Mo Son on
On November 13, 2024, at the Practicing Law Institute’s 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, panelists shared key updates from this year’s proxy season and highlighted emerging trends to watch in 2025. Public companies experienced favorable voting outcomes across compensation, activism, shareholder proposals, and director elections in 2024.