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Disclosure Litigation

Disclosure Litigation is a type of shareholder litigation that arises in the context of corporate mergers and acquisitions, wherein the primary claim alleges that the defendant corporation failed to provide materially complete or accurate disclosures in proxy statements or other transaction-related filings, distinguishing it from challenges to the substantive terms or fairness of the merger itself.

38

Publications

4.5K

Citations

76

Authors

59

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Merger Disclosure Litigation

Parents

Publications

38

Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Disclosures

Jennifer Francis, Donna R. Philbrick, Katherine Schipper · Journal of Accounting Research · 1994 · 1.5K citations

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Disclosure Tone and Shareholder Litigation

Jonathan L. Rogers, Andrew Van Buskirk, Sarah L. C. Zechman · The Accounting Review · 2011 · 607 citations

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Auditor Litigation and Modified Reporting on Bankrupt Clients

Joseph V. Carcello, Zoe‐Vonna Palmrose · Journal of Accounting Research · 1994 · 451 citations

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Do the Merits Matter More? The Impact of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Marilyn F. Johnson, Karen K. Nelson, Adam C. Pritchard · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 2006 · 287 citations · Full text

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Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from Derivative Lawsuits

Thomas Bourveau, Yun Lou, Rencheng Wang · Journal of Accounting Research · 2017 · 271 citations · Full text

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Authors

76

  1. JH
    Justin Hopkins

    University of Virginia, United States

    3 publications · 142 citations

    3

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  2. JL
    Jonathan L. Rogers

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 816 citations

    3

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  3. AV
    Andrew Van Buskirk

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 816 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DC
    Dain C. Donelson

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 123 citations

    3

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  5. CG
    Christopher G. Yust

    Texas A&M University, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

    2

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Institutions

59

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    79 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    816 citations

  3. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  4. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    142 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    373 citations

  6. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

  7. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 7 publications · 183 citations

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  2. The Accounting Review

    6 publications · 927 citations

    5

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  3. Journal of Accounting Research

    JAR · 3 publications · 2.2K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Review of Accounting Studies

    3 publications · 123 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Accounting and Economics

    2 publications · 246 citations

    2

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