2nd Circ.'s Logical Take On 'Event-Driven' Securities Claims

By Adam Hakki and Agnès Dunogué ( May 13, 2019, 3:29 PM EDT) -- A major recent trend in securities litigation is so-called "event-driven" litigation. Where accounting irregularities and financial crises were once the primary drivers of large securities class action litigation, today's cases increasingly revolve around negative operational incidents, or even a single incident, such as a cyber breach or public safety disaster. At least temporary stock price declines often follow these very public events, but there is no particular reason why they should signal securities fraud.  . . .

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