Ontario courts throw open the doors for global securities class actions
Shareholder rights in the U.S. are more geographically constrained. Specifically, investors can only seek recovery in U.S. federal court for losses related to shares purchased on a U.S. exchange.In Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010), the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a bright-line, transaction-based limit on the reach of U.S. federal securities law, limiting its reach to, “the use of a manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance only in connection with the purchase or sale of a s ...