March 4: Recent Developments: Securities Fraud Actions Against Life Sciences Companies

Securities class action litigation remained at a steady high in 2020, and life sciences companies were, once again, popular targets of such lawsuits. Please join us to discuss the most recent edition of our annual survey, in which we analyze trends identified in last year’s filings and decisions so that prudent life sciences companies can continue to take heed of the results and reduce their risk of being targets of a securities fraud claim.
Title:
Recent Developments: Securities Fraud Actions Against Life Sciences Companies
Webinar Date+Time:
Thursday, March 4, 2021
 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST 

DURATION:30 MINUTES
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Presented by Dechert’s Trials, Investigations and Securities Team
Credit:
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Speakers:

• Joni S. Jacobsen defends publicly traded companies and their directors and officers when they become entangled in securities class action litigation, derivative litigation, SEC investigations and corporate governance disputes.
• David H. Kistenbroker is Global Co-Leader of the white collar and securities litigation practice of Dechert LLP and managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office. He represents publicly traded companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, SEC investigations, internal investigations and corporate governance disputes.
• Angela M. Liu is a partner in the firm’s litigation practice group, where she focuses on the defense of publicly-traded companies and their directors and officers in securities class action litigation, derivative litigation, SEC investigations, merger litigation, corporate governance disputes, and other complex commercial litigation. Ms. Liu has successfully advised and defended public companies, as well as directors and officers in a wide range of matters arising from allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties, M&A litigation, accounting irregularities, and inadequate or misleading public disclosures. In her pro bono practice, Ms. Liu has successfully represented plaintiffs at trial and in the Tenth Circuit in litigation challenging Kansas’ voter registration laws, as well as represented certain plaintiffs at trial and in the Seventh Circuit in litigation challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s voter identification laws with the American Civil Liberties Union.

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