SECURITIES CLASS ACTIONS
Practice Area
Our practice is led by seasoned economists who are experts in delivering rigorous analysis and testimony across critical areas, including market efficiency, materiality, loss causation, and damage estimation
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SEDA’s securities class actions practice is spearheaded by experienced economists who have over twenty-five years in litigation consulting. They specialize in securities class actions, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, shareholder derivatives, and valuation cases. Their expertise focuses on key areas such as market efficiency, materiality, loss causation, and damage estimation in securities class actions.
SEDA’s expertise in securities cases encompasses a comprehensive range of services, including market efficiency analysis, loss causation assessments, and damages evaluations across various sections like 10(b), 11, 12, 14(a), and 20A. We support all litigation phases with in-depth economic research and financial analysis, from initial assessments to post-settlement allocation strategies. Our experience ensures that clients receive robust and well-informed opinions tailored to their specific needs in complex securities litigation.
Our experts provide:
Market Efficiency Analysis
Price Impact Analysis
Materiality Analysis
Applicability of Damages Models Analysis
Loss Causation Analysis
Damages Quantification
Aggregate Damages Analysis
Individual Investor Damages Computations
Event Study Analysis
EXPERTISE
ERISA Litigation
Our expertise in economics and financial markets and our extensive experience in ERISA litigation matters distinctly qualify us to analyze the claims of economic loss raised by plans and plan participants.
Merger & Acquisition Analysis
Complex Business Litigation
“Pump and Dump” Stock Price Manipulation
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Adam Werner
Managing Director
Former
Crowninshield Financial Research - Expert Witness
Gnarus Advisors/Berkeley Economic Consulting - Director and Expert Witness
Expertise
Securities Class Actions, Damages Estimation, Market Efficiency, Loss Causation, Valuation, Cost of Capital
Cameron Funkhouser
Managing Director
Former
FINRA - Executive Vice President - Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence
Expertise
Trade Surveillance, Insider Trading, Investigations, Market Manipulation, Compliance
Alexander Huang
Associate Director
Former
Crowninshield Financial Research - Senior Associate & Project Manager
Expertise
Class Action Litigation, Market Efficiency, Price Impact, Loss Causation, Economic Damages, Damages Evaluation