David Yoshimura

Jun 28, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Bruce Jones |David Yoshimura

On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Counterman v. Colorado, No. 22-138, holding that a criminal prosecution based on a true threat of violence requires proof that the defendant subjectively understood the threatening character of the statement such that making the statement was at least reckless. Between 2014 and 2016, Billy Counterman persistently sent hundreds of unwelcome messages through Facebook to a local musician, creating new accounts to circumvent her attempts to block them.

Jun 2, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Mark D. Taticchi |David Yoshimura

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Slack Technologies v. Pirani, No. 22-200, holding that a cause of action arising from § 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 for a material misstatement or omission in a securities registration statement is only available to a party who purchased a security issued pursuant to that particular registration statement. Slack, a technology company, first made its stock publicly available on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019 through a direct listing.