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ARTICLE · 13 APRIL 2011

Financial Services Alert - April 12, 2001

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed claims under Section 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 against a mutual fund’s sponsor and related parties (collectively, the "Sponsor") asserting misrepresentations in the fund’s offering documents, holding that plaintiff’s losses could not be causally connected to those purported misrepresentations.

United StatesFinance and Banking

Developments of Note

  • Federal District Court Cites Absence of Loss Causation in Dismissing Section 11 and Section 12(a)(2) Claims Based on Mutual Fund's Mortgage-Related Securities Holdings
  • SEC Settles Administrative Proceedings Against CCO and Other Brokerage Executives over Violations of Regulation S-P
  • FINRA Requests Comment on New Rule 3190 Governing Use by Member Firms of Third-Party Service Providers

Other Items of Note

  • Division of Investment Management Suggests Providing Additional Time for Implementation of Changes to Adviser Registration and Compliance Requirements Resulting from Dodd-Frank Act
  • SEC and CFTC Publish Joint Study on Feasibility of Mandating Algorithmic Descriptions for Derivatives

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