No. 22-200

Slack Technologies, LLC, fka Slack Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Fiyyaz Pirani

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-02
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (18) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure ninth-circuit prospectus registration-statement section-11 section-12 section-12(a)(2) securities-act securities-act-1933 standing
Latest Conference: 2022-12-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 require plaintiffs to plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the registration statement they claim is misleading.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 require plaintiffs to plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the registration statement they claim is misleading

Docket Entries

2023-07-03
Judgment issued.
2023-06-01
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
2023-04-17
Argued. For petitioners: Thomas G. Hungar, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Kevin K. Russell, Washington, D. C.
2023-03-29
Reply of petitioners Slack Technologies, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-24
CIRCULATED
2023-03-06
2023-03-06
2023-03-06
2023-03-06
2023-03-06
2023-02-27
2023-02-14
Letter of petitioners provide enlarged copies of the charts other images included in joint appendix received..
2023-02-08
All records from the USCA-9th Circuit are available on PACER. Sealed records from the USDC-Northern District of California were transmitted electronically.
2023-02-08
Record requested from the U.S.C.A.-9th Circuit
2023-02-03
Brief amici curiae of Hon. Jay Clayton and Hon. Joseph A. Grundfest filed.
2023-02-03
2023-02-03
2023-02-03
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2023-01-31
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 17, 2023.
2023-01-27
Joint appendix filed (Feb.14, 2023 - pages of enlarged images insert). (Statement of costs filed)
2023-01-27
2022-12-13
Petition GRANTED.
2022-12-13
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. GRANTED.
2022-12-13
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Washington Legal Foundation GRANTED.
2022-12-13
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Joseph A. Grundfest GRANTED.
2022-12-13
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute GRANTED.
2022-11-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-21
Reply of petitioners Slack Technologies, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-11-02
2022-11-02
2022-10-03
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.
2022-10-03
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Joseph A. Grundfest.
2022-10-03
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Washington Legal Foundation.
2022-09-30
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute.
2022-09-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 2, 2022.
2022-09-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2022 to November 2, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-09-07
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Slack Technologies, LLC, et al.
2022-08-31
2022-07-18
Application (22A36) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 31, 2022.
2022-07-13
Application (22A36) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 31, 2022 to August 31, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Cato Institute
Mark Christopher FlemingWilmerHale, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Melissa Arbus SherryLatham & Watkins LLP, Amicus
Evidence and Civil Procedure Scholars
Jeremy Alan LiebermanPOMERANTZ LLP, Amicus
Fiyyaz Pirani
Kevin K. RussellGoldstein and Russell, P.C., Respondent
Lawrence Paul EagelBragar Eagel Squire, PC, Respondent
Former SEC Officials
Carolyn E. ShapiroSchnapper-Casteras PLLC, Amicus
Hon. Jay Clayton and Hon. Joseph A. Grundfest
Boris FeldmanFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Amicus
Institutional Investors
John Paul Schnapper-CasterasSchnapper-Casteras PLLC, Amicus
Investor
John Christopher BrowneBernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Amicus
Law and Business Professors
Laura Helen PosnerCohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Amicus
Nokota Capital Management, LP
Sheila SadighiRolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, Amicus
Slack Technologies, LLC, et al.
Thomas G. HungarGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Washington Legal Foundation
Cory L. AndrewsWashington Legal Foundation, Amicus