Cornerstone Research: Number of Securities Class Action Filings Falls to Lowest Level Since 2015
This was the lowest number of filings since the first half of 2015, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse .
- This was the lowest number of filings since the first half of 2015, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse .
- Federal and state court class actions alleging claims under the Securities Act of 1933 also declined, continuing the trend observed in 2020.
- The report also found a sharp decline in the number of 1933 Act filings in state rather than federal court, continuing the trend observed in the Securities Class Action Filings2020 Year in Review .
- "The better the market for investors, the worse the market for class action securities lawyers," observed Joseph A. Grundfest , director of the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, and a former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission.