Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 11-28-12 featuring John Shu
SCOTUScast 11-28-12 featuring John Shu
On November 5, 2012 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds. The question in this case is whether, in misrepresentation cases under SEC Rule 10-b(5), plaintiffs asserting a fraud-on-the-market theory must prove materiality before they can proceed with a class action, and whether the defendants are permitted to present evidence rebutting a fraud-on-the-market theory at the class certification stage.
To discuss the case, we have John Shu, a securities litigator in Newport Beach, CA.
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Attorney and Legal Commentator
John Shu is an attorney and legal commentator. His focus areas include constitutional law, securities & corporate law, antitrust law, administrative law, politics, and international affairs. Mr. Shu has lectured and published on a wide variety of issues.
Mr. Shu served President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush. He also served Judge Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who was Director of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency, and Judge Paul Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, who was Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Mr. Shu is a member of the National Committee on U.S. - China Relations, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Foreign Policy Association.