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Gibson Dunn Updates Securities Litigation as of Mid-Year 2025

By Craig Varnen, Monica Loseman, Brian Lutz, Jefferson Bell and Chase Weidner September 15, 2025 by renholding

FILING AND SETTLEMENT TRENDS

A recent NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) study provides an overview of federal securities litigation filings in the first half of 2025. This section highlights several notable trends.

A.  Filing Trends

Figure 1 below reflects the federal …

Gibson Dunn Offers Securities Litigation 2024 Mid-Year Update

By Craig Varnen, Monica Loseman, Brian Lutz, Jefferson Bell and Chase Weidner September 18, 2024 by renholding

This update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation since our Securities Litigation 2023 Year-End Update. A recent NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) study provides an overview of recent developments in filings. This section …

SEC Commissioner Dissents from Denial of Petition to Change No-Admit, No-Deny Policy

By Hester M. Peirce January 31, 2024 by renholding

I dissent from the Commission’s denial of a petition to amend Rule 202.5(e), our so-called gag rule.[1]  This de facto rule follows from the Commission’s enforcement of its policy, adopted in 1972, that it will not “permit a defendant

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ISS Discusses Largest Securities-Related Class Action Settlements of 2023

By Jarett Sena January 24, 2024 by renholding
2023 delivered a banner year for investor recoveries, as the $7.9 billion[1] in settlement funds across the globe was the highest total in the last five years. The $5.8 billion[2] specifically secured in securities-related class actions in the
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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Year-End Securities Litigation Update

By Craig Varnen, Brian M. Lutz, Monica K. Loseman, Jefferson E. Bell, and Mark H. Mixon, Jr. March 28, 2023 by renholding

Although the number of securities lawsuits filed this year remained steady compared to 2021, we have seen many notable developments in securities law. This year-end update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation since …

ISS Discusses the Largest U.S. Securities Class-Action Settlements by State

By Jeffrey Lubitz, Stephanie Bounds, Grace Meyer and Albert Allen Cho July 27, 2021 by renholding

Since its inception, ISS Securities Class Action Services LLC (“ISS SCAS”) has tracked more than 13,000 shareholder class actions across the world, including 12,000+ cases within the United States. In this report, ISS SCAS closely examines the largest securities class …

ISS Discusses Increase in Class Action Settlements for First Half of 2021

By Jeff Lubitz July 23, 2021 by renholding

As the U.S. and countries around the globe attempt to control the Coronavirus pandemic, investors continue to experience meaningful recoveries from securities-related class action settlements.

In the first half of 2021 (January 1 – June 30), U.S. class action settlements …

Gibson Dunn Updates 2019 Year-End Securities Litigation

By Robert F. Serio, Brian M. Lutz, Monica K. Loseman, Jefferson E. Bell and Mark H. Mixon, Jr. February 26, 2020 by renholding

The number of securities cases filed in federal court continued at a furious pace for the third year in a row. This year-end update highlights what you most need to know in securities litigation trends and developments for the last …

CEO Networks and Shareholder Litigation

By William R. McCumber and Lingna Sun February 11, 2020 by renholding

Academics, notably in sociology and economics, have long understood that social settings are primary drivers of information transmission and economic outcomes, from hiring decisions to product adoption to resource allocation. However, only recently has there been large-sample empirical evidence to …

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