Building on Cornerstone Research’s study of securities class action settlements, the authors analyze settlement outcomes of shareholder derivative actions associated with securities class actions. A shareholder derivative action is a lawsuit brought by a corporation’s current shareholder(s) on behalf of the corporation.
Parallel Derivative Action Settlements
2019-2024
Parallel Derivative Action Settlement Outcomes
As shown in Cornerstone Research’s Securities Class Action Settlements—2024 Review and Analysis, 47% of securities class actions with settlement hearing dates between 2019 and 2024 had parallel derivative suits with similar claims. This research update incorporates more recent data to analyze the outcomes of 142 of these parallel derivative actions that have settled.
2019-2023
Parallel Derivative Action Settlement Outcomes
The authors examine settlement outcomes of derivative lawsuits linked to securities class actions, focusing on 110 cases associated with securities class action settlements between 2019 and 2023.
2019-2022
Parallel Derivative Action Settlement Outcomes
This page provides an update on this research, incorporating more recent data to analyze settlement outcomes for 95 of these parallel derivative actions.
2019-2021
Parallel Derivative Action Settlement Outcomes
The authors analyze the settlement outcomes of shareholder derivative actions associated with securities class action settlements between 2019 and 2021.
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