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Litigation Comes Full Circle According To PwC's 2011 Securities Litigation Study
Posted on 25 Apr 2012 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

\ NEW YORK - Federal securities class action cases increased for the third consecutive year in 2011 with nearly 200 cases representing a 10 percent increase over 2010 and 22 percent increase over 2009, according to the 16th annual Securities Litigation... Read More

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Reports Add Support For Observations On The Grown Of M&A-Related Litigation
Posted on 18 Jan 2012 by Kevin M. LaCroix

There seems to be a general consensus that the amount of M&A-related litigation is increasing. The question of how to quantify the increase has attracted quite a bit of attention lately. In a recent post , I previewed a forthcoming report from Cornerstone... Read More

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Securities Class Action Filings Decreased Sharply In 2012, According To Report By Cornerstone Research, Stanford Law School
Posted on 23 Jan 2013 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

Filings Related to Mergers and Acquisitions and Chinese Reverse Mergers Decline Substantially; No New Credit Crisis-Related Class Actions Filed BOSTON - Federal securities fraud class action filing activity decreased sharply in 2012, according to Securities... Read More

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