In April, IT outperformed all other sectors with a 4.49 percentage points (p.p.) improvement in the median  SAR Risk ScoreSM of 560 constituent issuers. Semiconductors outperformed the IT sector with a gain of 7.2 p.p.  An improvement of 4.22 p.p. in Real Estate was driven by a reduction...

As of Dec. 2024, corporate disclosures based on public statements and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that had a material impact on stock price of companies listed in the NYSE or...

SAR, a data analytics company specialized in the securities litigation risk of U.S. public companies, today published the Securities Class Action Rule 10b-5 Exposure Report for 4Q 2024. According to the report,...

When it comes to disclosure, today's market volatility and regulatory factors require public companies and their advisers to confront competing demands of transparency and protection. Companies must adhere...

SAR, a data analytics company specialized in the securities litigation risk of public companies, announces the appointment of Anthony Kabanek to Executive Vice President and welcomes him as a member of the...

In the following guest post, Nessim Mezrahi reviews the ways in which the current surging stock market affects the potential exposures of publicly traded companies and the implications for the D&O insurance...

The report from securities litigation data analytics company SAR attributes the rise not to a greater number of SEC Rule 10b-5 complaints being filed in the federal courts, but to drops in stock prices growing larger.

SAR, a data analytics company specializing in securities litigation risk management solutions, today published the SCA Rule 10b-5 Exposure Report for 2Q 2024. According to the report, in 2024 investor...

Activist short-sellers often impugn targeted issuers for their own pecuniary gain. They are remarkably proactive and solely responsible for deciding when to publish and what to disseminate to drive down a target...

SAR, a data analytics company specializing in public D&O, today published the SCA Rule 10b-5 Exposure Report for 4Q 2023. According to the report, exposure of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers to Rule 10b-5 private securities...

This webinar sponsored by PLUS provides the audience with a basic overview of Goldman's price impact standards and how specialized data science can support defendant's in motion to dismiss and class...

SAR, a data analytics company specializing in D&O risk exposures, published the 5th anniversary edition of their Securities Class Action Rule 10b-5 Exposure Report. According to the report, the Software, F.I.R.E...

Our data and analyses indicate that in 2023, despite an unremarkable increase in filing frequency of private Rule 10b-5 securities fraud suits relative to the second half of 2022 - securities class action ("SCA")...

Exposure of U.S.-listed companies to securities class action (SCA) lawsuits that allege violations of the federal securities laws under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5...

SAR, a data analytics company specialized in U.S. public company risk management solutions, is pleased to announce the closing of a capital investment in the Company led by institutional investor, Anthem...

Law360 (January 10, 2023, 5:13 PM EST) -- In 2023, as the Federal Reserve's strict anti-inflationary regime continues to shape America's capital markets, a high likelihood of an increase in frequency of securities class actions...

The decline of record market capitalizations, compounded by high litigation and securities class action exposure, leaves directors and officers insurance carriers and issuers facing economic contraction as companies grapple...

Innovation in predictive data analytics of securities litigation enhances data-driven underwriting to deliver better risk transfer solutions to mitigate loss severity from adverse corporate events affecting issuers, directors...

Recent Ninth Circuit rulings show that Twitter is ill-suited for validating potential class action liability, as not only do corporate disclosure standards for social media disqualify the platform, but also potential claims of...

In 2021, directors and officers were exposed to potential liability on about 21% of private securities fraud suits that alleged fraud on the market based on research funded by activist short-sellers and their backers who aim...

Long-term profitability in the public company directors and officers ("D&O") industry will depend on effective securities class action ("SCA") loss mitigation due to three forces that are shaping the contours of the...

Private enforcement of the federal securities laws is mission-critical to sustain the transparency of America's capital markets and uphold the rules of engagement between public corporations and shareholders that...

In anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Retirement System, tempered filing frequency and lower severity of fraud-on-the-market claims against directors, officers, and...

In 2018, Columbia Law School professor John C. Coffee Jr. indicated that the "scope of 'event-driven' litigation could expand rapidly," which it has, and led to successful recoveries for public equity investors in BP PLC...

On September 25, 2019 District Judge Honorable Loretta A. Preska of the Southern District of New York dismissed the securities class action against the U.S.-listed Chinese company TAL Education Group because "there is...

Two factors in the securities class action arena are exacerbating the potential for conflicts of interest: the use of and reliance on activist short-seller reports as a basis to initiate securities class action claims, and...

In their working legal paper, law professors Jill E. Fisch and Jonah B. Gelbach posit: "Federal judges are poorly positioned to weigh the policy considerations reflected by the tradeoff between confidence level and...

Transparency is paramount in the securities class action arena. Directors and officers, as well as institutional investors, rely on the rule of law and the duty of candor of their lawyers to seek and attain justice through the...

Amid increased scrutiny of corporate fiduciaries, identifying a company's high-risk adverse events from the past two years can help boards of directors quantify their potential securities class action exposure, says...

The class period interval in securities class actions that allege violations of the federal securities laws under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is the second most fundamental determinant of...

The Supreme Court decision in Cyan Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund "swings the doors of state courts wide open to actions asserting '33 Act claims against issuers, officers, directors, underwriters...

Since the event-driven securities class action lawsuit against PG&E Corporation was filed one year ago, plaintiffs counsel have filed 211 securities class action complaints that allege violations of the federal...