After three straight years of increases in the number of federal court securities class action lawsuit filings, the number of federal court securities suits decreased in 2025 relative to 2024, to the lowest level since 2021, according to the latest annual report from NERA Economic Research Associates. In addition, the annual number of dismissals increased
New securities class action lawsuits in the first half of 2025 were filed at a pace that projects to a year-end total number of filings level with 2024’s full-year total.Continue Reading First Half Securities Suit Filings on Pace to Match Last Year’s Filings Total
According to the latest annual report from ISS Securities Class Action Services, there were two securities class action settlements in 2021 that were large enough to make the firm’s list of the Top 100 U.S. Securities Class Action settlements. These two settlements took place in a year in which there were a total of 116 approved monetary securities class action settlements totaling $3.51 billion. The details of the settlements included the two largest during 2021 can be found in the ISS SCAS report entitled “The Top 100 U.S. Class Action Settlements of All-Time,” here.
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Securities class action lawsuit filings “remained at depressed levels” during the first half of 2013 according to the latest report from Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. The report, entitled “Securities Class Action Filings: 2013 Mid-Year Assessment,” can be found here. The organizations’ July 24, 2013 press release about
Buoyed by an influx of case filings in the final days of June, securities class action lawsuit filings during the first half of 2013 remained roughly on pace with 2012 filings, although well below the historical average number of filings. Though the absolute numbers of filings so far this year are below historical averages, the number of