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SLAYTON v. AMERICAN EXP. CO.

No. 08-5442-cv.

604 F.3d 758 (2010)

Andrew Keith SLAYTON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Glickenhaus & Company, Adam Craig Slayton, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Adam Craig, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Atlas Equities, Loretto Arzu, Charles Hovanesian, Sam Wietsxhner, Shiraz Sidi, William M. Palese, Scott Barrentine, Yvette Yeidman, Malka Rubin, Julie Dross, Brown Family Trust, Consolidated-Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Kenneth Chenault, Harvey Golub, David R. Hubers, James M. Cracchiolo, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Bronson (Sanford P. Dumain, Arthur R. Miller, of counsel), Milberg LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Lovell and Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP, New York, NY; Law Offices of Lawrence G. Soicher, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert E. Zimet (Susan Saltzstein, Christopher P. Malloy, William F. Clarke, Jr., Irene M. Ten Cate, Daniel M. Gonen, of counsel), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Michael A. Conley, Deputy Solicitor (Mark D. Cahn, Deputy General Counsel, Jacob H. Stillman, Solicitor, Dominick V. Freda, Senior Counsel, of counsel), Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Securities and Exchange Commission.

Before: CALABRESI and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether an allegedly misleading statement made in one of defendant American Express's regulatory disclosure documents is protected by the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act ("PSLRA"). In the course of our analysis, we interpret Congress's provision that a defendant shall not be liable for a forward-looking statement if it is "identified...

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