Securities Class Actions

Securities Class Actions is a type of corporate litigation in which a representative plaintiff sues on behalf of a larger group of investors who suffered similar financial harm due to alleged violations of securities laws by a corporation or its executives.

140

Publications

7.2K

Citations

165

Authors

125

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Securities Class Action Litigation

Parents

Corporate Litigation

Children

Common Stock Price ImpactCorporate Insider TradingCorrective DisclosuresDerivative Litigation OverlapLead Counsel AppointmentsMisstatement MaterialityPrivate Securities Litigation Reform ActSection 11 LiabilitySection 12 Liability

Publications

140

Do the Merits Matter? A Study of Settlements in Securities Class Actions

Janet Cooper Alexander · Stanford Law Review · 1991 · 323 citations

Law, Corporate Law, Finance +14

Executive pay and shareholder litigation

Lin Peng, Ailsa Röell · European Finance Review · 2007 · 280 citations · Full text

Law, Corporate Governance, Finance +17

Accounting activities, security prices, and class action lawsuits

Robert L. Kellogg · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 1984 · 221 citations

Law, Accountancy, Accounting +11

The Effects of Securities Class Action Litigation on Corporate Liquidity and Investment Policy

Matteo P. Arena, Brandon Julio · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis · 2015 · 213 citations

Law, Finance, Financial Management +14

Reputational Penalties and the Merits of Class‐Action Securities Litigation

Eric Helland · The Journal of Law and Economics · 2006 · 202 citations

Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law +17

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Authors

165

AC
Adam C. Pritchard
University of Michigan, United States
16 publications · 562 citations
13
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RS
Randall S. Thomas
Vanderbilt University, United States
16 publications · 594 citations
13
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SJ
Stephen J. Choi
New York University, United States
13 publications · 483 citations
12
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JD
James D. Cox
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
14 publications · 414 citations
12
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KK
Karen K. Nelson
Texas Christian University, United States
6 publications · 488 citations
6
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Institutions

125

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 45 publications · 2K citations
27
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Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
JELS · 9 publications · 357 citations
9
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
JFQA · 6 publications · 598 citations
6
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eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 5 publications · 142 citations
4
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Managerial and Decision Economics
MDE · 3 publications · 101 citations
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