The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejects investor claims tied to reverse split of exchange-traded notes.
New-York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell said Barclays Bank PLC has secured another favourable ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in litigation arising from the over-issuance of exchange-traded notes, bringing an end to the final remaining class action linked to the matter. The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ Section 11 claim The firm said the decision follows four years of litigation after Barclays disclosed that it had inadverte