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In the months since the current Trump administration first announced the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs, some companies have struggled to deal with the tariffs’ economic impacts, and in at least some cases, companies’ tariff-related problems have led to securities class action litigation (as discussed, most recently, for example, here). In the latest example of this phenomenon, earlier this week the social media company Pinterest was hit with a securities suit after the company announced that tariff-related headwinds had caused its business partners to cut back on advertising on the company’s site. A copy of the March 30, 2026, Pinterest complaint can be found here.

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The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools and applications has also meant the rise in AI-related infrastructure, such as data centers and power generation support. And just as we have seen the rise of securities litigation relating to companies’ adoption of AI tools and processes, we have also seen securities suits relating to AI infrastructure development.

In the latest example of this kind of AI infrastructure-related litigation, on March 20, 2026, a plaintiff shareholder filed a securities class action lawsuit against the engine and power systems company Power Solutions International, alleging that the company’s new strategy of providing power generation solutions for AI data centers had fallen short of the company’s representations. A copy of the new complaint against Power Solutions can be found here.

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In the wake of the February 20, 2026, U.S. Supreme Court decision to invalidate tariffs imposed under the current Administration’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), litigation has been filed by companies seeking tariff refunds and by shareholders alleging securities violations against a company whose operations and financial results were impaired by “tariff headwinds.”   A new category of litigation is also beginning to appear: consumer class actions alleging that companies improperly passed tariff costs on to customers.

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As detailed in prior posts on this site (here and here), turbulence in the private credit markets has roiled the financial marketplace. Collapses (and related scandals) involving high profile private credit borrowers – including Tricolor and First Brands– have led to bankruptcies, civil lawsuits, and criminal indictments. The disruption in the private credit markets has also recently led to securities class action lawsuits involving private credit lenders. In the most recent example of this phenomenon, late last week a plaintiff shareholder filed a securities class action lawsuit against private credit lender Hercules Capital, after a short seller published a report suggesting that the company had misrepresented its borrower due diligence processes. A copy of the March 20, 2026, lawsuit can be found here.

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When I was in London last week, one of my friends there expressed concern that the various Epstein-related revelations involving company executives might lead to D&O claims. I confess that at the time I didn’t really see her point. However, as it has turned out, just days after that conversation, investors filed a new securities suit against Apollo Global Management and its founder and former CEO Leon Black based on Epstein-related allegations. The March 2, 2026, complaint (here) alleges that the defendants misled the company’s investors about the firm’s business dealing with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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While there have been dramatic developments in recent days related to the Trump administration’s tariff-policies – including the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the administration’s IEEPA tariffs and the Trump administration announcement of new across-the-board Section 122 tariffs – the uncertainty companies have faced related to the tariffs continues, and indeed may even have been exacerbated. A new securities suit filed earlier this week against Lakeland Industries, a company whose operations and financial results were impaired by “tariff headwinds,” illustrates how the continuing tariff uncertainty may translate into corporate and securities litigation in the weeks and months ahead. A copy of the February 23, 2026, Lakeland Industries complaint can be found here.

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As noted in prior posts on this site, trouble recently has been brewing in the private credit market. Borrower defaults have led to bankruptcies, civil lawsuits, and even criminal indictments. D&O litigation has now arrived on the lender side as well, as earlier this week an investor filed a securities class action lawsuit against BlackRock TCP Capital Corp, the private credit arm of finance giant BlackRock. As discussed below, the new lawsuit highlights the ways in which the current turbulence in the private credit sector can translate into D&O claims, including in particular claims against private credit lenders. A copy of the BlackRock TCP Capital complaint can be found here.

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The filing of AI-Washing related securities suits is by now a well-established phenomenon. But a securities suit filed earlier this week presents an interesting new variant on this phenomenon. The new lawsuit alleges that the defendant company used the announcement of a supposed AI-related “collaboration” with Microsoft allegedly to “pump” the company’s share price just before disclosing an at-the-market private placement. As discussed below, the new lawsuit is just the latest in a recent series of securities class action lawsuits alleging share price pumping schemes.

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Sarah Abrams

In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at the way in which companies’ operations and disclosures about safety issues  can translate into securities litigation. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. Here is Sarah’s article.

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There’s lots to worry about as we enter the New Year, not least a newly emboldened and militarily active U.S. There are also things to worry about in the financial markets, even as the various indices trade at or near record levels. Much of the recent run-up in market valuations is due to investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI). Some commentators worry that the current investor AI enthusiasm may prove to be a bubble – that is, that valuations have gotten out of whack and that infrastructure investment have run far ahead of any possible (or profitable) need. Some (including me) are concerned that things could get messy if investors sour on AI or lose confidence or patience.

One of the possible consequences from an AI bubble burst could be a wave of corporate and securities litigation. A lawsuit filed earlier this week against the start-up AI energy support company Fermi, which just completed an IPO in October, may suggest what post AI-bubble litigation might look like. A copy of the complaint can be found here.

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