Ruling Limits Investors' Legal Options
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"The Washington Post" quotes Professor Joseph Grundfest, who comments on the Supreme Courts' ruling that investors may not file a large class-action law suit in state courts:
"Had it gone the other way, it would have opened a gaping and unexpected loophole" in the 1998 law, which was specifically designed to weed out weak securities class-action lawsuits, said Stanford University law professor Joseph Grundfest. This decision "maintains the status quo."