Published December 20, 2015
The Supreme Court is making it tougher for investors to join together to sue corporations for securities fraud.
The justices said Monday that companies should have a chance at the early stages of a lawsuit to show that any alleged fraud was not responsible for a drop in the company's stock price.
The ruling is a partial victory for Halliburton Co., which is trying to block a class-action lawsuit claiming the energy services company inflated its stock price.
It is also a modest win for business groups that hoped to make it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring class-action cases.
But the high court rejected Halliburton's request to overturn a quarter-century-old precedent that has made it easier for plaintiffs to negotiate billions of dollars in legal settlements.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-raises-bar-for-securities-class-action-cases