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The State of Securities Class Actions, and What It Means for Your D&O Insurance

To better understand the scope of securities class litigation that's happened this year, download Woodruff Sawyer's 2019 Mid-Year DataBox Report today.

Last year was another record-breaking year for the amount of securities class actions filed against public companies. Indeed, lately every year is breaking a new record, with 2019 on track to do just that.

Woodruff Sawyer released its 2019 Mid-Year DataBox Update report today. Download it to learn the details of what has been happening with securities class litigation in the first half of 2019.

DOWNLOAD THE WOODRUFF SAWYER 2019 MID-YEAR DATABOX UPDATE REPORT NOW >>

Based on the pace of the first half of 2019, we may see another record broken by the end of this year. In 2018, plaintiffs filed 217 securities class action cases; at the rate this year is going, we could see upwards of 268 cases.

Chart showing Top 3 reasons for suits: Revenue Growth and Disappointing Results (#1), Accounting Issues or improprieties (#2) and Post-integration M&A issues (#3)

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