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Perspective

Feb. 21, 2014

VIDEO: Securities class actions back on the rise... for now

In 2013 the number of federal securities class actions was up by 10 percent over 2012, with filings in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals back to historical levels. By Todd Scott and Alex Talarides


By Todd Scott and Alex Talarides


Last week NERA economic consulting released its annual report on trends in federal securities class actions, and reported a number of interesting developments for 2013. The most significant is that the number of federal securities class actions was up by 10 percent over 2012, with filings in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals back to historical levels (they had dropped off in 2012), and Section 10(b) fraud filings in the 5th U....

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