Securities Litigation

Global Economics Group experts in the Securities practice have been engaged in some of the most prominent and complex class action securities matters in the last several decades, including Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Parmalat, and Refco. 

Our work includes analyses in traditional Rule 10(b)-5, Section 11, and Section 14(a) matters, including class certification, loss causation, and damages issues. 

 Our Securities team has experience in all the key issues of the past few decades including option backdating, market timing, valuation, and ratings of complex securities (e.g., MBS/CDOs), predatory lending, IPOs, and ERISA matters. 

 We apply the latest academic research and techniques in opining on market efficiency, materiality, loss causation and damages for class action securities matters. 

Specific Areas of Expertise

+  Class Action Securities Matters: Market Efficiency and Class Certification; Event Studies and Loss Causation; Damages

+  Merger and Acquisition Disputes

+  Securities Trading: Insider Trading; Market Timing; Market Manipulation; Margin and Collateral