According to the law firm press release, Kobe Steel is one of Japan's largest steel manufacturers and a major supplier of aluminum and copper products.
Recent Security Class Actions
According to the law firm press release, Credit Suisse is a multinational financial services holding company with one of its four primary divisions focused on investment banking. The Company is based in Switzerland with its principal U.S. offices in New York, New York.
According to the Complaint, Aqua Metals was purportedly formed to engage in the business of recycling lead through a novel process called "AquaRefining." The Company claims that it has focused its efforts on developing and testing the AquaRefining process, developing a business plan, raising working capital, and developing its initial lead acid battery, or LAB, recycling facility in the Tahoe Regional Industrial Center, in McCarran, Nevada.
According to the law firm press release, Qudian is a Chinese provider of online micro-lending credit products. The Complaint charges Qudian, certain of its officers and directors, and the underwriters (collectively, the "Defendants") of the IPO with violations of the Securities Act.
According to the law firm press release, Katanga, through its subsidiary, Kamoto Copper Company SA, engages in the copper and cobalt mining and related activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Company is incorporated in Bermuda and its head office is located in Baar, Switzerland.
According to the law firm press release, this action arises from the merger between Towers and Willis (the "Merger"), which closed on January 4, 2016. The Complaint alleges that, in connection with the Merger, Defendants violated provisions of the Exchange Act by issuing false and misleading statements in proxy materials filed with the SEC. Prior to the Merger, Towers was a leading global consulting company that helped organizations improve performance through risk management, human resources, actuarial and investment services. Willis, which was based in London, was a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage, and reinsurance brokerage company.
Array is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of targeted small molecule drugs to treat patients afflicted with cancer. The Company's lead cancer drug binimetinib (MEK162) was evaluated in multiple trials and combinations, including a Phase 3 "NEMO" study versus dacarbazine in unresectable or metastatic NRAS-mutant melanoma patients.
Tivity Health is a fitness program provider focused on targeted population health for people aged 50 and older. The company operates three main programs: SilverSneakers senior fitness, Prime fitness and WholeHealth Living. The SilverSneakers program is offered to members of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Group Retiree plans through a fitness network comprised of approximately 16,000 locations.
According to the law firm press release, on October 20, 2017, the Company disclosed quarterly results for the third quarter 2017, disclosing earnings per share ("EPS") of $0.29, falling below earnings estimates of $0.49 per share. The Company also lowered 2017 earnings expectations, lowering EPS to $1.05-$1.10 from $1.60-$1.70.
According to the law firm press release, SCANA is a $7.3 billion energy-based holding company headquartered in Cayce, S.C. SCANA is principally engaged, through its subsidiaries, in regulated electric and natural gas utility operations in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Over the past decade, SCANA has spent more than $9 billion on a project to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina (the "Nuclear Project"). Despite this massive expenditure – financed by public investors as well as by raising customers' electrical rates nine times – SCANA recently announced that it would abandon the Nuclear Project. Evidence then came to light that, for at least the prior 18 months, SCANA appeared to know of severe problems plaguing the Nuclear Project.
