Forwarding this link from the D&O Diary blog – this should be a topic of interest to some of my blog visitors – securities litigation accounting related suits are less likely to be dismissed, take longer to resolve and take a greater proportion of total securities suit settlement dollars,  Click Here For Article.

One of my opinions about securities suits and liability: as plaintiffs are required to prove scienter in many of these cases, with the design, implementation, oversight, monitoring and improvement of proper risk and uncertainty management, processes and procedures, companies should be able to substantially reduce their exposure to liability and damages.

Dave Tate, Esq. (San Francisco)