Mathews v. Kidder, Peabody & Co.

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• holding that the PSLRA does not apply to securities-based RICO claims pending on the date of its enactment
• holding that the PSLRA does not apply to securities-based RICO claims pending on the date of its enactment
• stating \a change from treble damages (under RICO) to compensatory damages alone (under the securities laws) may be seen as destroying a cause of action and impairing a party's rights\
• stating “a change from treble damages (under RICO) to compensatory damages alone (under the securities laws) may be seen as destroying a cause of action and impairing a party’s rights”
• setting forth steps to determine whether statute should be applied retroactively
• a statute has \retroactive effect\ if it would \reach back in time and alter the rights or obligations on which the parties relied prior to the statute's passage\

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