Stock Losses
West Monroe Employee Stock Plan Undervalued Shares ERISA Class Action
Some companies, like West Monroe Partners, Inc., offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as a retirement plan. When employees leave the company, it buys back its stock from them, allowing them to cash out. This class action brings suit against West Monroe, its Board of Directors, its Benefits Committee, and the plan’s trustee, Argent Read more
WeWork Investors Claim Company Misled Them Class Action
The fall of the We Company, also known as WeWork, was described as “one of the most spectacular flameouts in recent corporate history.” Its company valuation fell by 90% in a single year. This class action claims that WeWork misled the public about the company’s actions and intentions, violating the California Corporations Code. Read more
Match Group Fake Love Interest Ads and Securities Prices Class Action
Where do securities and love intersect? In this complaint, which alleges that Match Group, Inc., the dating and matchmaking company, violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The complaint claims the company made false or misleading statements to investors and failed to disclose adverse information, in order to boost the price of its securities. Read more
GE Under-Reserving Inflated Stock Price in Retirement Plan ERISA Class Action
The complaint for this class action alleges that General Electric put too little aside in reserves for its insurance companies and thereby falsely inflated its earnings and stock price. But this is not a brought by stockholders as a securities case; it’s brought by participants in the GE Retirement Savings Plan under the Employee Retirement Read more
MoneyGram (MGI) Misleading Info on Anti-Fraud Efforts Securities Class Action
As the world has become smaller via electronic transactions, fraud and money laundering have become more of a concern for regulators. The complaint for this securities class action claims that MoneyGram International, Inc. provided false or misleading information to shareholders about its fraud- and money laundering-prevention measures. Read more
Rio Tinto Bribery for Guinea Iron Ore Mining Concessions Securities Class Action
Simandou is a mountain that is rich in minerals, but it is in the interior of Guinea, a West African country that by some accounts is one of the most corrupt places in the world. The complaint for this class action claims that Rio Tinto PLC became anxious when some of its mining rights were Read more
New Oriental Education & Tech University Application Fakery Securities Class Action
A subsidiary of the New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. helps students in the People’s Republic of China apply to foreign universities. But according to the complaint for this class action, this subsidiary actually writes application materials and handles the whole application process, sometimes fabricating information. This is fraud, the complaint claims, and not Read more
Colony NorthStar Did Not Disclose Adverse Information Securities Class Action
Colony NorthStar, Inc. is a real estate and investment management company that operates in five segments. The complaint for this class action alleges that the company did not disclose in a timely way adverse information, about the company’s Healthcare and Investment Managements segments, including some units related to its merger, in violation of the Securities Read more
Ericsson Overstated Revenues and Delayed Expenses Securities Class Action
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson did not prepare its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), claims the complaint for this securities class action. As a result, it says, it overstated service revenues and improperly delayed reporting at least a billion dollars of expenses on long-term service projects, making its public statements false and misleading Read more
Cancer Genetics Improper Recording of Doubtful Collections Securities Class Action
The complaint for this securities class action alleges that Cancer Genetics, Inc. failed to properly account for doubtful collections in some of its accounts, recording them as bad debts when they should have been reductions in net revenue. The complaint says that the improper recording amounts to a violation of the Securities Exchange Act of Read more
