In Parkcentral Global Hub Ltd,. et al. v. Porsche Automobile Holdings SE, et al., Dkt. No. 11-397-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 15, 2014), the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In a broad and defense-friendly interpretation of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010), the Second Circuit declined to disturb the presumption against extraterritorial application of US securities laws and held that “a domestic transaction or listing is necessary to state a claim under § 10(b), [but] a finding that . . . transactions were domestic would not suffice to compel the conclusion that the plaintiffs’ invocation of § 10(b) was appropriately domestic.” 
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