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New Obstacle for Securities-Fraud Suits: A Supreme Court ruling on Monday added a hurdle to investors' efforts to win class-action lawsuits over claims of securities fraud. Companies defending themselves against such lawsuits can now attempt to get them thrown out of court by proving at an early legal stage that misleading statements did not have an impact on stock prices. But the decision in the case of Halliburton v. Erica P. John...