Given the events that took place in 2008 in the United States, federal courts have had ample opportunity to shape the law governing securities class actions. They have done so, issuing myriad important decisions interpreting recent Supreme Court cases, addressing issues of first impression, or taking a stand on the questions that currently serve as active, and unsettled, battlegrounds between plaintiffs and defendants. Click on link below to view a summary of the most noteworthy opinions from 2008.