IN RE WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC PROXY LITIGATION

No. 18-1874.

937 F.3d 297 (2019)

IN RE: WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC PROXY LITIGATION. Regents of the University of California, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Willis Towers Watson PLC; Towers Watson & Co.; Willis Group Holding PLC; Valueact Capital Management; John J. Haley; Dominic Casserley; Jeffrey W. Ubben, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Salvatore J. Graziano , BERNSTEIN, LITOWITZ, BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. John A. Neuwirth , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, New York, New York; Richard S. Horvath, Jr. , ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John Rizio-Hamilton , Rebecca E. Boon , Julia K. Tebor , BERNSTEIN, LITOWITZ, BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP, New York, New York; Susan R. Podolsky , LAW OFFICES OF SUSAN R. PODOLSKY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Edward J. Fuhr , Eric H. Feiler , Johnathon E. Schronce HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Joshua S. Amsel , Amanda K. Pooler , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees Willis Towers Watson PLC, Towers Watson & Co., Willis Group Holding PLC, John J. Haley, and Dominic Casserley.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge King joined. Judge Quattlebaum wrote a dissenting opinion.


This appeal concerns a securities class action by a putative class of former shareholders in Towers, Watson & Co. The plaintiffs allege that several defendants violated the Securities Exchange Act by omitting material facts in proxy documents, rendering statements in those documents false or misleading. The district court...

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