The total count of new cases tracked by Advisen that may be covered by D&O insurance was down in 2017 from 2016, according to data presented during Advisen’s D&O claims trends end-of-year webinar.
When looking specifically at shareholder risks, which include securities class action suits, merger objection suits, derivative shareholder suits and a variety of other suits brought by shareholders, the number of filings has remained fairly constant over the past four years.
Behind this general consistency in shareholder risks, however, there has been a fair amount of change year-to-year in terms of the different case types.
Read more at https://www.advisenltd.com/2018/01/29/active-plaintiffs-bar-driving-increase-securities-class-action-litigation/
Josh Bradford, A more active plaintiffs’ bar driving increase in securities class action litigation (January 29, 2018).
This story in an excerpt of the original. The content originally appeared in Advisen Professional Front Page News.
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