This advisory discusses two recent securities cases, in which the Eleventh Circuit addressed for the first time (1) whether the longer limitations period for certain types of federal securities claims instituted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could be used to revive time-barred claims and (2) whether the proportionate liability provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act apply to “controlling person” claims under Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. To read the complete advisory, Click Here
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