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20 Large Companies Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in First Half of 2022
But August's pickup in smaller commercial Chapter 11 filings could harbinger a wave of reorganizations this fall.
By
Vincent Ryan
| September 7, 2022
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Enforcement Activity Drops 15% in 2021
The decline in actions against public companies and subsidiaries reflects the continuing impact of the pandemic and the change of leadership at the SEC.
By
Matthew Heller
| November 17, 2021
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Risk & Compliance
Securities Fraud Class Actions Spike Again
Cases filed since the beginning of 2017 represent more than 20% of all such cases filed since 1997.
By
David McCann
| August 1, 2019
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Risk Management
Rising Lawsuits Could Hike Insurance Premiums
More than 8% of U.S. public companies were hit with a shareholder class-action suit in 2017, a nine-year high.
By
David Katz
| January 31, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Keeps up High Rate of Enforcement Activity
Excluding actions against delinquent filers, the SEC filed 299 cases in the first half of fiscal 2017 — virtually unchanged from the year-ago period.
By
Matthew Heller
| April 21, 2017
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Risk Management
Settlements Skyrocket in Securities Class Actions
The aggregate $6 billion in settlement dollars last year was almost double the 2015 total.
By
David McCann
| March 15, 2017
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Risk & Compliance
Class-Action Filings Hit Record in U.S. Courts
The 43% increase in securities cases to 270 last year largely reflects "forum shopping" in the wake of a Delaware court ruling.
By
Matthew Heller
| January 31, 2017
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Risk Management
Securities Class-Action Cases on the Rise
Plaintiff filings in federal courts are up 17%, and as many as 6% of S&P 500 companies could be the target of such suits this year.
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 27, 2016
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Going After Corp. Subsidiaries
The Securities and Exchange Commission is particularly focused on the subsidiaries of financial services firms.
By
David Katz
| May 18, 2016
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Risk & Compliance
Class-Action Settlements Reach Five-Year High
The large number of settlements in 2015 reflected the fact that 189 new securities class actions were filed, the most since 2008.
By
Matthew Heller
| March 29, 2016
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Risk & Compliance
Class Action Filings, Market Cap Losses Stay Low
2015 is on course to tie for the fifth-lowest number of class action filings in the past 19 years, a new report says.
By
Matthew Heller
| September 21, 2015
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Risk & Compliance
Accounting-related Securities Class Actions Climb 47%
Class-action lawsuits involving restatements of financials also reached a seven-year high in 2014, according to Cornerstone Research.
By
Matthew Heller
| April 2, 2015
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