This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Jan. 22, 2011

Increase in M&A Offset Declines in Securities Lawsuits

Federal securities class actions picked up during the second half of 2010, but remain about 10 percent lower than the annual average during the previous dozen years, according to a report released Thursday.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - Federal securities class actions picked up during the second half of 2010, but remain about 10 percent lower than the annual average during the previous dozen years, according to a report released Thursday by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research.


Plaintiffs' attorneys are seizing on the increase in mergers and acquisitions activity last year to file more complaints alleging b...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up