By Ross Todd | February 1, 2023
The latest annual securities class action numbers from Cornerstone Research show the total number of core filings crept up by one case last year to 201, but the number related to cryptocurrency more than doubled to a record 23 filings.
By Ross Todd | January 24, 2023
In a securities case accusing Musk of lying about securing funds to take Tesla private, he asked a lawyer for the plaintiffs about efforts to subpoena a Saudi official who might be able to answer questions about the deal.
By Ross Todd | January 10, 2023
According to ISS Securities Class Action Services, 10 securities-related class actions settled for between $100 million and $1 billion in the U.S. last year. That more than doubled the number from 2021.
By Ross Todd | November 18, 2022
Three weeks before a scheduled trial in Delaware's Court of Chancery, Silpa Maruri of Quinn Emanuel, Ned Weinberger of Labaton Sucharow, and Chad Johnson of Robbins Geller hammered out a settlement for Dell minority shareholders who claim they were shortchanged in a 2018 stock conversion deal.
By Ross Todd | July 27, 2022
The market volatility of the first half of the year didn't yield a spike in new securities class actions according to the latest numbers from Cornerstone Research. But the price drops at issue in some cases are eye-popping.
By Ross Todd | May 6, 2022
Delaware Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights last week found the deal process was "far from perfect," but the price Tesla paid for SolarCity was "entirely fair" — a win for Musk and his trial team led by Evan Chesler, Daniel Slifkin and Vanessa Lavely.
By Ross Todd | February 2, 2022
According to a new report out this morning from Cornerstone Research, three law firms—The Rosen Law Firm, Pomerantz, and Glancy Prongay & Murray—accounted for 73% of the new securities class action lawsuits involving SPACs filed over the past two years.
By Ross Todd | January 25, 2022
According to ISS SCAS data, there were a total of 401 securities class action filings in 2020 and just 294 in 2021. Still, Jeff Lubitz, the company's executive director, expects the settlement pipeline to remain steady.
By Ross Todd | November 3, 2021
On Monday, a federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut found that four separate crypto assets were not securities in what appears to be the first time jurors in the Second Circuit, if not the whole country, were asked to consider whether a particular cryptocurrency was a security or not.
By Ross Todd | September 30, 2021
Heidi Friedman and Renee Zaytsev of Thompson Hine, whose firm just surveyed 130-plus corporate leaders about their approach to environmental, social and governance matters, discuss whether the market's current focus ESG issues might spur litigation.
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