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Algorithmic Trading Is a Huge, Ticking Litigation Bomb, FRT Tells Real Money
Of all the trading conducted on world stock exchanges, about half is carried out through algorithmic trading. Considering the sheer...
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Four Factors to Weigh Before ‘Opting Out’ of Class Actions
According to FRT’s Counsel of Securities Litigation, Mike Lange, we are in a new era of shareholder activism. Mike recently sat down...
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Securities class action trends in 2015
2015 was a big year for securities class actions and marks the highest annual filings since 2008 with a total of 191. 186 of the filings...
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Financial Recovery Technologies releases enhanced platform for class action filing & recovery
BOSTON, MASS (February 2, 2016) – Financial Recovery Technologies, LLC (FRT) has released an enhanced securities class action system...
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Enhanced Client Portal Empowers Clients’ Securities Class Action Operations
FRT is proud to announce the launch of the Eligibility, Filing, & Recovery Portal (EFR Portal) for clients to better monitor and...
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Securities suits against foreign companies continued to rise in 2015
2015 has closed but a trend last year, which we previously mentioned here, is expected to continue throughout 2016. In 2015, there were...
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Vale S.A. securities suit upholds securities class action trends
As previously stated here, another securities lawsuit has been brought to a non-U.S. company whose shares are traded on a U.S. exchange....
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Direct litigation actions against Petrobras soar, FRT tells Ignites.
The high profile Petrobras case has received over 50 investors who have chosen to opt-out and pursue direct litigation. In years past,...
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Will New Zealand follow Australia in adopting U.S. style class actions
New Zealand has been experiencing an increase in class actions taking place with at least 10 filings in the past year. It is also worth...
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IPO related securities class action suits are on the rise
With 2015 coming to a close, a much-anticipated trend is occurring. The number of IPO-related securities class actions has increased...