R. Leland Evans and Scott A. Fenton of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote and Michael G. Bongiorno and Tamar Kaplan-Marans of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have entered appearances for Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern and its top executives in a pending securities class action.

The suit, which focuses on a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was filed Sept. 9 in Georgia Northern District Court by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd and Murray Murphy Moul & Basil. The suit accuses the defendants of filing false public reports about the safety and efficiency of Norfolk’s operations. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg.