Amicus Briefs

Toshiba Corporation v. Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund, et al.

Summary

Court:
U.S. Supreme Court (petition for writ of cert.)

Amicus Issue:
Whether a foreign issuer with no presence in U.S. securities markets is nevertheless subject to securities fraud claims under the Exchange Act if an unrelated party brings the issuer’s securities into the United States and trades in those securities — or even in a security derived from the foreign issuer’s securities.

Counsel of Record:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Lewis J. Liman
Jared Gerber
Lina Bensman
Pekham Pal

Other Amici:
Competitive Enterprise Institute

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