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Ontario courts throw open the doors for global securities class actions
Investment Executive· 2026-01-20 23:04
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 ...