Securities

December 19, 2017 Centra Tech and four individuals face a class action claiming the company's ICO between July and October 2017 violated federal securities regulations.

December 19, 2017 A lawsuit says Liberty Tax and three execs caused stock prices to sag after glossing over/omitting certain 'adverse facts' from quarterly, annual reports.

December 14, 2017 Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., its CEO, and its CFO are facing claims that they failed to disclose material information to stockholders regarding the company’s application for a third-party insurance administrator license in Florida.

December 7, 2017 A proposed securities lawsuit has been filed against HSN, Inc., its board of directors, Liberty Interactive Corporation, and Liberty Horizon, Inc. over an allegedly misleading registration statement filed in connection with a potential merger.

December 7, 2017 Envision Healthcare Corporation and 11 executives are facing a proposed class action filed by a shareholder who claims the defendants failed to disclose to investors that the true source of Envision’s recent success was its 'illicit' business practices.

December 6, 2017 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and three executives have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses them of violating federal securities laws by publishing false statements regarding their financial projections.

December 6, 2017 IXYS Corporation, its board of directors, Iron Merger Co., Inc., and Littelfuse, Inc. are facing another proposed class action over a potential merger between IXYS and Littelfuse.

December 6, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against IXYS Corporation, its board of directors, Littelfuse, Inc., and Iron Merger Co., Inc. over allegations that the defendants misled stockholders about a potential merger between IXYS and Littelfuse.

December 5, 2017 A stockholder filed a proposed class action lawsuit against ShoreTel, Inc. and its board of directors over an allegedly misleading proxy statement the defendants filed in connection with Mitel Networks Corporation’s potential acquisition of the company.

December 5, 2017 According to a lawsuit, USAmeriBancorp and Valley National last September submitted an incomplete, misleading merger registration statement to the SEC.

December 4, 2017 Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action filed by a shareholder who claims the defendants have chosen to omit material information from a proxy statement filed in connection with a potential merger.

December 1, 2017 Dynamic Ledger Solutions, Inc., The Tezos Foundation, and three individuals have been accused of violating federal securities laws by selling unregistered securities disguised as a 'fundraiser' to finance the launch of a new cryptocurrency known as Tezos.

November 30, 2017 A proposed class action alleging violations of securities law has been filed against Willis Towers Watson plc and others over claims that the defendants misled stockholders into approving a merger.

November 30, 2017 Three new class actions also take issue with alleged omissions made by Inventure's directors leading up to a merger with Utz Quality Foods.

November 28, 2017 Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (AMRI) and its board of directors are facing a lawsuit along with The Carlyle Group, L.P., GTCR LLC, and several of their affiliates over the proposed acquisition of AMRI by Carlyle and GTCR.

November 28, 2017 A proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Orbital ATK, Inc. and its board of directors after they filed an allegedly misleading proxy statement in connection with Northrop Grumman Corporation’s potential acquisition of the company.

November 28, 2017 Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., along with its CEO and CFO, has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a man who claims the company failed to disclose material information to stockholders regarding an insurance license application.

November 27, 2017 Dynamic Ledger Solutions, Inc., its two individual owners, and Tezos Stiftung are facing a securities lawsuit filed over a July 2017 'Initial Coin Offering.'

November 27, 2017 The case claims the OvaScience and its board weren't entirely truthful about the untested science behind - and profitability of - a new fertility treatment.

November 22, 2017 Five lawsuits were filed against Inventure Foods and its board of directors this week over a slew of alleged securities law violations.

November 22, 2017 Gigamon, Inc., its board of directors, Elliott Management Corporation, and two affiliates are facing a proposed class action that claims the parties issued a misleading proxy statement in connection with Elliott’s proposed acquisition of Gigamon.

November 22, 2017 Tivity Health, Inc. and three of its senior executives have been accused of violating federal securities law by publishing allegedly misleading statements regarding the outlook of the company’s fitness programs.

November 22, 2017 A lawsuit seeks answers after Scana Corp.'s stock prices plummeted on multiple occasions as a result of the company's failed dual nuclear reactor project.

November 21, 2017 Bob Evans Farms, Inc. and its board of directors are on the receiving end of a securities lawsuit that claims the defendants filed a misleading proxy statement in connection with a proposed merger between Bob Evans and Post Holdings, Inc.

November 21, 2017 SCANA Corporation and three top executives are facing another proposed class action after the parties suddenly abandoned a years-long nuclear plant construction project in South Carolina.

November 21, 2017 Ocular Therapeautix, Inc. and four top executives are facing a securities lawsuit filed in August that claims the parties misled investors regarding the pending approval of DEXTENZA, a new medicine designed to treat post-surgical eye pain.

November 21, 2017 Gigamon Inc. and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action lawsuit in light of a potential merger between Gigamon and Elliott Management Corporation.

November 16, 2017 National Research Corporation and five directors have been accused of approving a stock transaction that will force stockholders out of the value of their shares and award an overwhelming majority of voting rights to the company’s CEO.

November 16, 2017 Endo International PLC and three of its executives are facing a securities lawsuit claiming the parties failed to disclose to stockholders that the projected success of subsidiary Par Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. was due to allegedly illegal activity.

November 15, 2017 Ruby Tuesday, Inc. and its board of directors are facing claims that they issued a misleading proxy statement in connection with a potential merger between Ruby Tuesday and NRD Capital Management LLC.

November 14, 2017 Silver Spring Networks, Inc. and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action lawsuit following the announcement of a potential merger between the company and Itron, Inc.

November 10, 2017 Orbital ATK, Inc. and its board of directors are facing another proposed class action filed by an Orbital stockholder who claims the defendants issued a misleading proxy statement in connection with a potential merger.

November 10, 2017 SCANA Corporation and three executives are facing yet another lawsuit in the wake of an abandoned nuclear energy project that allegedly fell years behind schedule and exceeded its budget by billions of dollars.

November 8, 2017 Omega Protein Corporation and its board of directors; Alpha MergerSub, Inc.; and Cooke Inc. are facing a proposed class action accusing them of issuing a misleading proxy statement in connection with a potential merger between Omega and Cooke.

November 7, 2017 Rockwell Collins, Inc., its board of directors, United Technologies Corporation, and Riveter Merger Sub Corp. are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the parties filed a misleading registration statement in connection with a potential merger.

November 7, 2017 A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Calgon Carbon Corporation, its board of directors, Kuraray Co., Ltd., and two affiliates demanding that the parties release material information regarding a potential merger.

November 7, 2017 IXYS Corporation and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action lawsuit accusing them of filing a misleading proxy statement in connection with a potential merger between IXYS and Littlefuse, Inc.

November 3, 2017 A trustee for the F-Squared Liquidating Trust claims the SEC should repay 'disgorgement' that he claims the agency confiscated without authority.

November 2, 2017 Alcobra Ltd., its board of directors, Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc., and Aleph Mergersub, Inc. are facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the defendants failed to file a proxy statement in connection with a potential merger.

November 2, 2017 Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Homex Development Corp.) and three former executives are facing a lawsuit that claims the they deceived the investing public by overstating the company's revenue by billions of dollars over a period of three years.

October 30, 2017 A proposed securities class action claims a 2015 dip in stock prices can be traced to Skechers overstating the strength of its Domestic Wholesale segment.

October 26, 2017 Landauer, Inc. and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action lawsuit along with defendants Fortive Corporation and Fern Merger Sub Inc. over claims that they filed a misleading registration statement in connection with a potential merger.

October 25, 2017 A stockholder has filed suit against Envision Healthcare Corporation and 11 of its executives over claims that they published misleading statements about the company's business practices and prospects.

October 25, 2017 Orbital ATK, Inc. and its board of directors are facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims they filed a misleading proxy statement in connection with a potential merger.

October 23, 2017 Orbital ATK, Inc., its board of directors, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Neptune Merger, Inc. have been hit with the third lawsuit filed this month regarding a potential merger between Orbital and Northrop Grumman.

October 23, 2017 CDI Corp. and its board of directors are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit filed in August that claims they omitted material information from a recommendation statement issued in connection with a potential merger.

October 20, 2017 ShoreTel, Inc., its board of directors, Mitel US Holdings, Inc., Shelby Acquisition Corporation, and Mitel Networks Corporation are facing a lawsuit that claims they issued a misleading recommendation statement in connection with a proposed merger.

October 19, 2017 A stockholder has filed suit against Orbital ATK, Inc., its board of directors, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Neptune Merger Sub, Inc. over claims that they filed a misleading proxy statement.

October 18, 2017 Orbital ATK, Inc. and its board of directors are facing a securities lawsuit alleging that they failed to properly communicate to stockholders the details of a proposed merger between Orbital and Northrop Grumman Corporation.

October 17, 2017 Bear State Financial, Inc., subsidiary Bear State Bank, their board of directors, Arvest Bank, and Arvest Acquisition Sub, Inc. are facing a proposed class action alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.