• Recently Filed Cases

    • Denbury Resources, Inc.

      A class action lawsuit against Denbury Resources, Inc. and certain individuals associated with the Company was commenced on behalf of all former Encore Acquisition Company shareholders whose shares were acquired by Denbury pursuant to a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated February 5, 2010.

    • Fuqi International, Inc.

      A class action lawsuit against Fuqi International, Inc. (“Fuqi” or the “Company”)(NASDAQ:FUQI) and certain individuals associated with the Company was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of shareholders who purchased Fuqi shares between May 15, 2009 and March 16, 2010.

  • Ongoing Cases

    • Siemens AG

      A class action lawsuit against Siemens AG (“Siemens”) (NYSE:SI) was commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the American Depository Receipt Shares (“ADRs” or “shares”) of Siemens between November 8, 2007 and April 30, 2008 (the “Class Period”).

    • STEC, Inc.

      Weiss & Lurie announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of STEC, Inc. (“STEC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:STEC) securities from June 16, 2009 through November 3, 2009 (the “Class Period).

    • Direxion Shares ETF Trust

      A class action lawsuit against Direxion Shares ETF Trust (“Direxion” or the “Company”) and certain individuals associated with the Company was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired shares in the Financial Bear 3X Shares Fund (NYSE:FAZ) Arca (the “FAZ Fund”) offered by Direxion pursuant or traceable to Direxion’s allegedly materially false or misleading Registration Statement issued in connection with the FAZ Fund’s shares (the “Class”) during the period November 3, 2008 through April 9, 2009 (the “Class Period”).

    • Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

      Weiss & Lurie announces its filing a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of shares of Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals (the “Fund”), an open ended mutual fund investing in high- yield municipal securities exempt from federal income and New York personal income taxes. Included are the Fund’s Class A, B and C shares (respectively, NASDAQ: OPNYX, NASDAQ: OPYBX, and NASDAQ: OPYCX) purchased from May 21, 2006 through and including October 21, 2008 (“Class Period”), who were damaged thereby. The complaint charges the Fund, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., and certain of its officers and directors, with violations of the Securities Act of 1933 for failing to properly disclose the Fund’s investments in inverse floaters and the attendant risks.

  • Settled Cases

    • Zapata Corp.

      The complaint alleges that defendants engaged in a plan and scheme to artificially inflate Zapata's stock price by materially misrepresenting to the investing public the business condition, strategy and future business prospects of Zapata.

    • Western Digital Corp.

      Plaintiffs bring this action as a class action, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23, on behalf of a class of purchasers of the common stock of Western Digital to recover damages arising from defendants' violations of the federal securities laws. This class action is brought on behalf of a class of all purchasers of Western Digital common stock (the "Class") between July 25, 1996 and January 29, 1998 (the "Class Period"). This action involves a course of conduct by Western Digital insiders, officers and directors of the Company that was designed to, and did, defraud those who purchased Western Digital securities during the Class Period.

    • V-One Corporation

      The Complaint charges that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10-b(5). The action arises from damages incurred by the Class as a result of a scheme and common course of conduct by defendants which operated as a fraud and deceit on the Class during the Class Period.

    • Vivus, Inc.

      The complaint alleged that throughout the Class Period, defendants repeatedly disseminated to the investing public bullish statements, including the reporting of the purportedly outstanding success and market acceptance of the Company's primary product, MUSE.