Week Ahead in Securities: Aug. 30, 2021

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Here are some upcoming events of interest to the securities law community. Unless otherwise noted, all times are local.

Monday, August 30th

10:00 a.m. – Former Netflix employee Sung Mo Jun and his brother Joon Jun are expected to plead guilty to U.S. District Judge Paula McCandlis in Seattle for their role in an insider ring, which the authorities said has raised $ 3 million Has.

The case is US v Jun et al., US District Court, Western District of Washington, No. 21-00135.

For Mon Jun: Harold Malkin from Calfo Eakes.

For the government: Justin Arnold of the US Attorney’s Office in Seattle.

1:30 p.m. – Title insurer First American Corporation will call on U.S. Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles to dismiss a shareholder class action claiming that the company’s 2019 cybersecurity disclosures were exposed as misleading when the company said a Software errors enabled unauthorized access to customer data.

The case is In Re First American Financial Corp. Financial Securities Litigation, US District Court, Central District of California, No. 20-09781.

For the investors: Jennifer Pafiti from Pomerantz.

For the company: Craig Varnen of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Tuesday, August 31

9:00 a.m. – The jury selection in the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is due to begin before US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California. Holmes is accused of cheating on patients and investors by falsely claiming that her company developed technology that could perform a wide variety of tests on a single drop of blood.

The case is United States v. Holmes, US District Court, Northern District of California, No. 18-cr-00258.

For the government: U.S. Assistant Attorney Jeff Schenk.

For Holmes: Lance Wade and Kevin Downey of Williams & Connolly.

Wednesday September 1st

1:00 p.m. – Former futures trader James Crombie will again urge the US 9th Court of Appeals in Pasadena to lift a lifetime trading ban imposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The appellate court had previously instructed the trial judge who approved the sanction to explain why it was justified.

The case is CFTC v Crombie, 9th Court of Appeals, No. 19-16190.

For Crombie: Christopher Sarma from Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick.

For the CFTC: Martin White.

Thursday, September 2nd

10:00 a.m. – LendingClub Corp investor attorneys will urge the Seattle 9th Court of Appeals to reanimate their proposed class action lawsuit alleging the fintech firm is investing investors over a Federal Trade Commission investigation into its issuing fees Misled.

The case is Veal v LendingClub Corp, 9th Court of Appeals, No. 20-16603.

For the investors: Patrick Dahlstrom from Pomerantz and Laurence Rosen from The Rosen Law Firm.

For the company: James Kramer and Alexander Talarides from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

1:30 p.m. – Yelp Inc will argue that investors who sued the online review site have no evidence that they were hiding problems keeping the local advertising business running in late 2016. The company will seek a summary from San Francisco District Court Judge Edward Chen for a summary assessment.

The case is Azar v Yelp Inc et al., US District Court, Northern District of California, No. 18-00400.

For Yelp: Aaron Miner of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.

For the investors: Kevin Ruf from Glancy Prongay & Murray.

Do you know of an event that could be included in Week Ahead in Securities? Contact Jody Godoy at jody.godoy@thomsonreuters.com

Jody Godoy

Jody Godoy reports on banking and securities law. Reach her at jody.godoy@thomsonreuters.com