RiskMetrics has released the SCAS 50, which “lists the top 50 plaintiffs’ law firms ranked by the total dollar amount of final securities class action settlements occurring in 2008 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel.”
Last year’s leaders:
Total settlements – Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins – 29
Total settlement value – Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann – $711,950,000
Average settlement value – Grant & Eisenhofer – $108,950,000
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