Accounting Class Action Filings and Settlements—2025 Review and Analysis
Accounting-related securities class action filings fell in 2025, although the cases tended to involve larger issuer defendants than in recent years.
Interactive: Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Activity FY 2025
SEC and PCAOB enforcement activity declined under new leadership.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Enforcement Activity—2025 Year in Review
In 2025, the PCAOB finalized the fewest number of enforcement actions since 2021.
SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Activity—2025 Year in Review
Accounting and auditing enforcement actions at the SEC plummeted to their lowest level in nine years in 2025.
Accounting Class Action Filings and Settlements
This Cornerstone Research report compares accounting case filings and settlements to overall securities class action trends.
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Activity
These reports examine trends in accounting and auditing enforcement activity that publicly disclosed by the SEC and the PCAOB.
Securities Class Action Settlements—2025 Review and Analysis
The median settlement amount in securities class actions reached a nearly three-decade high of $17.3 million in 2025.
Interactive: Securities Class Action Settlements—2025 Review and Analysis
The median settlement amount in securities class actions reached a nearly three-decade high, while the total number of settlements declined.
Securities Class Action Settlements
This research examines the relationship between settlement outcomes and certain securities case characteristics.
Securities Class Action Filings—2025 Year in Review
The number of securities class action filings decreased for the first time in two years in 2025, while the overall size of filings increased substantially.
Securities Class Action Filings
These widely-cited reports provide comprehensive statistics on historical and recent filings activity, characteristics, and trends.
Interactive: SEC Enforcement Activity: Public Companies and Subsidiaries FY 2025
Actions dropped by 30% in FY 2025.
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