Shanda Games Limited v. Monk

Published on:
October 24, 2025

Court:

U.S. Supreme Court

(pet. for writ of cert.)

Amicus Issue:

Whether the rebuttable fraud-on-the-market presumption for establishing reliance in a securities action, established by the Supreme Court in Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988), is available to all plaintiffs who purchase or sell securities or is limited to only those who do so in an efficient market at the market price.

Counsel of Record:

Sidley Austin LLP

Kwaku A. Akowuah

Madeleine Joseph

Other Amici:

None.

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