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IN RE: Petrobras Securities Litigation

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 197 MOTION to Dismiss /Certain Defendants' Notice of Motion to Dismiss the Individual Action Complaints. . Document

62 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 260,142 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Merck Co. v. Reynolds

    559 U.S. 633 (2010)   Cited 673 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because no event preceding the critical date constituted "discovery" of facts necessary to bring the complaint, the plaintiffs' suit was timely

  3. Gustafson v. Alloyd Co.

    513 U.S. 561 (1995)   Cited 1,009 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 12 does not apply to secondary market transactions as the statute's inclusion of the term “prospectus” evinces an intent to limit the Sections's scope solely to the initial public offering

  4. Merrill v. Dabit

    547 U.S. 71 (2006)   Cited 677 times   44 Legal Analyses
    Holding that state law class action securities fraud claims brought by “holders” of securities are, just like those of “purchasers” and “sellers,” preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act

  5. Pinter v. Dahl

    486 U.S. 622 (1988)   Cited 865 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that only a statutory "seller" may be liable under § 12 of Securities Act

  6. Mills v. Polar Molecular Corp.

    12 F.3d 1170 (2d Cir. 1993)   Cited 1,554 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fraudulent intent could not be inferred from the defendant entering multiple contracts with a plaintiff and not performing on any of them since "[c]ontractual breach, in and of itself, does not bespeak fraud"

  7. Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v. Hellas Telecomms.

    790 F.3d 411 (2d Cir. 2015)   Cited 639 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may dismiss an action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b) when the court "lacks the statutory or constitutional power to adjudicate it." (quoting Makarova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir. 2000))

  8. Amidax Trading Group v. S.W.I.F.T. SCRL

    671 F.3d 140 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 536 times
    Holding that a court may look to documents attached to the complaint to determine whether an allegation should be "accepted as true"

  9. In re Suprema Specialties, Inc.

    438 F.3d 256 (3d Cir. 2006)   Cited 557 times
    Holding that Securities Act claims that allege negligence and are pleaded separately from Section 10(b) claims will not trigger the Rule 9(b) standard

  10. City of Pontiac Policemen's & Firemen's Retirement System v. UBS AG

    752 F.3d 173 (2d Cir. 2014)   Cited 400 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[i]t is well-established that general statements about ... integrity" are "too general" to be material

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 354,229 times   943 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 1658 - Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress

    28 U.S.C. § 1658   Cited 2,398 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the state-law tort period controls § 1983 actions

  13. Section 78c - Definitions and application

    15 U.S.C. § 78c   Cited 1,685 times   89 Legal Analyses
    Exempting certain "note" with maturities of less than nine months from the definition of "security" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  14. Section 202 - Cause of action accruing without the state

    N.Y. CPLR 202   Cited 589 times
    Limiting the limitations period for causes of action accruing outside of New York where the foreign jurisdiction imposes a shorter statute of limitations than the state does

  15. Section 77p - Additional remedies; limitation on remedies

    15 U.S.C. § 77p   Cited 449 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing certain securities class actions to be removed to federal court

  16. Section 78r - Liability for misleading statements

    15 U.S.C. § 78r   Cited 354 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Granting right of action to " A person seeking" damages for misleading statements under Securities Act of 1934

  17. Section 77r - Exemption from State regulation of securities offerings

    15 U.S.C. § 77r   Cited 203 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing state authority to regulate offerings of securities that are completely intra-state