An academic paper published in June 2021 highlights the important role of private stockholder litigation and plaintiff lawyers in protecting the rights of shareholders and regulating the financial markets.

Morris Kandinov LLP was part of a team of lawyers that secured a favorable settlement for GCI Liberty Inc. stockholders in connection with its merger with Liberty Broadband Corp.

A Massachusetts Superior Court decision in March 2021 reaffirms the significant contractual, state law, and federal law protections over fund shareholder voting rights.

Morris Kandinov LLP has filed a derivative action on behalf of Granite Construction Inc. following the revelation of over $338 million in project cost overruns that were concealed from investors in multiple major construction contracts between 2017 and 2019.

This article addresses the perception that every corporate trauma constitutes securities fraud, and that U.S. companies have been overwhelmed by securities actions in recent years. We don’t think the evidence supports that conclusion.

Fund directors have done little to obtain value for shareholders in connection with mergers of asset management companies, despite having ample leverage and opportunity.

Morris Kandinov LLP (“MoKa”) announced today that it began operations as a law firm dedicated to retail and institutional investors. The firm offers four practice areas: (i) corporate governance litigation; (ii) securities class actions; (iii) asset management litigation; and (iv) direct actions on behalf of institutions.

Aaron Morris was quoted in an article in the January 12, 2021 edition of BoardIQ.

We believe that the deterrent effects of stockholder litigation—and the billions of dollars recovered for millions of investors over the preceding decades—are largely attributable to a small group of individual and institutional investors who were willing to assert their legal rights to remedy corporate misconduct.

The investor-protection mechanisms governing mutual fund fees continue to leave some to be desired.