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.
Accounting-Related Securities Class Action Filings Hit Record Low in 2025
Total settlement value rose 40% to $1.5 billion in 2025, with accounting cases representing 51% of total securities class action settlement dollars.
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.
SEC Actions Against Accounting and Auditing Firms and PCAOB Enforcement Activity Fall to Multiyear Lows in 2025
Enforcement actions hit nine-year and four-year lows, respectively, during a year of agency leadership transitions.
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.
Lexology Index: Consulting Experts 2025
Over 30 Cornerstone Research affiliated experts and consulting professionals named to Lexology Index’s 2025 lists of leading consulting experts.
Lexology Index: Commercial Litigation – Expert Witnesses 2025
Lexology Index has recognized multiple Cornerstone Research consulting professionals for their work in commercial litigation.
Lexology Index 2026: Cornerstone Research Experts Honored as Thought Leaders–USA
The firm’s professionals and academic affiliates are recognized among the foremost consulting experts in the United States.
Cornerstone Research Welcomes Ben Solomon as Principal
Both an experienced consultant and a testifying expert, Mr. Solomon brings wide-ranging accounting, commercial disputes, and general damages expertise.
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