Federal securities class action litigation rose to 189 filings in 2015, an 11 percent increase over 2014 levels, according to...
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Plaintiffs brought 85 federal class action securities cases in the first half of this year, or seven fewer than they...
Bringing a securities class action became less lucrative last year. According to a new Cornerstone Research report, total settlements in...
Deals often beget securities class actions. Yet, despite the active mergers-and-acquisitions market in 2014, the number of new federal securities...
The size of federal class action lawsuits accusing companies of securities fraud has dropped significantly, new studies show, as the...
The number of accounting case settlements in 2013 increased for the second year in a row, but remained low compared...
Shareholders challenged more than 94 percent of U.S. merger and acquisition (M&A) deals valued over $100 million in 2013, according...
Plaintiffs filed 166 new federal securities class actions in 2013, a nine percent increase over 2012, however, the 2013 total...
This year’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) litigation over failed financial institutions is already exceeding that of the previous three...
Fewer class-action lawsuits alleging accounting improprieties were filed last year in the United States, but those that were settled in...