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Class Certification Denied in Securities Suit Against U.S.-Listed Chinese Company — The D & O Diary

By Securities Docket on May 25, 2012, 1:59 pm

During 2010 and 2011, a number of securities class action lawsuits were filed against U.S.-listed Chinese companies. Plaintiffs’ lawyers seemed eager to pursue these cases despite likely procedural and practical challenges such as likely difficulties in obtaining discovery, as well as language and cultural barriers. And if a recent decision in one of these cases is any indication, you can add to the list of potential difficulties the risk that it may not be possible to obtain class certification, at least where the plaintiffs are unable to establish that the defendant company’s shares trade on an efficient market.

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