Pharma Securities Fraud Worries Reduced In Supreme Court Omnicare Ruling
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
High court finds that a corporation’s statement of opinion is not actionable unless company did not sincerely believe it; ruling makes it harder for plaintiffs to file stock fraud claims.
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