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Simpson Thacher’s Securities Law Alert is a monthly publication covering noteworthy decisions in the area of securities and shareholder litigation. 

In This Issue:

Supreme Court: Hears Oral Argument on Whether the Basic Presumption Can Be Rebutted by Showing There Was No Price Impact Even Though That Evidence Is Also Relevant to Materiality

Ninth Circuit: Strong Inference of Scienter Not Supported Where Plaintiff Failed to Plead a Plausible Motive

Northern District of California: Materially False Statements Were Not Plausibly Pled Because the Aspirational Assertions Concerning Corporate Diversity Were Non-Actionable

Northern District of California: Omission-Based Theory of Fraud Adequately Pled Where Defendants Attributed Revenue Growth to Product Quality and Failed to Disclose Allegedly Coercive Sales Practices

Southern District of New York: Item 303 Does Not Require Real-Time Disclosures of Trading Volume and Commission Revenue Fluctuations

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