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Author: Melissa Wright

Four Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter Partners Selected to the 2027 Southern California Super Lawyers List



Four partners at Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP (GPWR) — Lionel Z. Glancy, Kara M. Wolke, Jonathan M. Rotter, and Kevin F. Ruf — have been selected to the 2027 Southern California Super Lawyers list published by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business. Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP is a plaintiffs’ class action law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Lionel Z. Glancy is the founding partner of Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP. Admitted to practice in California in 1988, he has served as lead counsel for investors in securities class actions in federal district and appellate […]

Pavithra Rajesh Named a 2026 Law360 Rising Star



Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP partner Pavithra Rajesh has been named a 2026 in the Securities category. Law360 announced the 2026 class on August 2, 2026, recognizing more than 160 attorneys under 40 across dozens of practice areas in the seventeenth year of the program. Rising Stars are selected by Law360’s editorial staff from submissions detailing an attorney’s most significant matters, with each practice-area category reviewed by editors experienced in that field. Congratulations, Pavithra. About Pavithra’s practice Ms. Rajesh is a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Her work centers on fact development and pre-litigation investigation — the groundwork […]

The SEC’s Embrace of Mandatory Arbitration in IPOs: A Retreat from Investor Protection and Public Accountability

Authors:

Rebecca Dawson, Kara Wolke, Jonathan Rotter

On September 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) adopted a policy that potentially marks one of the most consequential shifts in U.S. securities regulation in decades, and at the very least will impose tremendous uncertainties and costs on investors and companies.  In a unilateral announcement that bypassed the required rulemaking process, the SEC said that it would break from long-standing precedent to facilitate the inclusion mandatory arbitration provisions in corporate charters and bylaws.[1]  Mandatory arbitration forces shareholders who have been victims of fraud to individually sue companies in a private, confidential forum, instead of a court, […]

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter Secures Class Certification for Verrica Investors



On March 4, 2026, the Honorable Kai N. Scott of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania certified a class of investors in a securities fraud case against Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its former top executives. In granting the plaintiffs’ motion and appointing Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter to serve as class counsel, the Court commended the attorneys’ skill and experience, stating: “It is a lamentable rarity for the Court to decide a motion where the quality of briefing and the quality of oral argument are both top notch. It is, however, the Court’s good fortune to […]

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter Scores Top Securities Settlement of 2025



Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP (GPWR) is proud to announce that the Firm, as sole lead counsel for Alibaba investors, attained the highest securities class action settlement of 2025, according to NERA’s Recent Trends in Securities Class Action Litigation: 2025 Full-Year Review.  Spearheaded by partners Kara Wolke and Melissa Wright, GPWR leveraged its deep experience and tenacious advocacy into a $433.5 million settlement for the benefit of Alibaba’s investors.   To put that in perspective, NERA reported that all 79 securities class action settlements reached nationwide in 2025 totaled $2.9 billion — meaning this one case accounted for roughly 15% […]

Kara Wolke Recognized in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Guide



Kara Wolke, partner at Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter, named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500

Congratulations to our partner Kara Wolke on being recognized in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Guide—a well-deserved acknowledgment of her outstanding work for investors. The Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers is a curated guide to the nation’s leading attorneys who represent investors, shareholders, consumers, and businesses harmed by corporate misconduct. First published in 2007, the guide is compiled through a combination of submissions, independent journalistic research, and peer vetting, with an emphasis on the lawyers behind the most significant recent results in securities, antitrust, and related financial litigation. Inclusion is selective and generally reserved for experienced […]

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Secured $120 Million For Viacom Investors



On August 5, 2025, Co-Lead Counsel Glancy Prongay & Murray secured final approval of a $120 million settlement for ViacomCBS Inc. investors. The settlement resolves investors’ claims that certain underwriters of the March 2021 public offering of Viacom Class B and Viacom convertible preferred stock violated the Securities Act of 1933 by issuing false and misleading statements and failing to disclose that the underwriters had substantial holdings of Viacom common stock as collateral for a highly leveraged, highly concentrated portfolio owned by Archegos Capital Management LP and that the underwriters could (and did) sell those holdings when Archegos collapsed. The […]

GPM Announces Final Approval of a $20 Million Settlement on Behalf of Live Nation Investors



On August 28, 2025, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, as co-Class Counsel, secured final approval of a $20 million settlement on behalf of Live Nation Entertainment Inc. investors. The settlement resolves investors’ claims that Live Nation (NASDAQ: LIVE) violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by allegedly misrepresenting its cooperation with regulators and its anti-competitive practices during the period February 23, 2022 and November 20, 2023. The case is in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, before Judge Kenly Kiya Kato, Case No. 23-cv-06343-KK-AS.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Appointed Lead Counsel in Class Action Lawsuit Against Enphase Energy, Inc. (ENPH)



Glancy Prongay & Murray announces that partner Charles Linehan of GPM was recently appointed lead counsel in Hayes v. Enphase Energy, Inc., a securities class action on behalf of Enphase (NASDAQ: ENPH) investors. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, before Judge James Donato, Case No. 24-cv-04249-JD. See: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402932946/en/Glancy-Prongay-Murray-LLP-Appointed-Lead-Counsel-in-Class-Action-Lawsuit-Against-Enphase-Energy-Inc.-ENPH 

Alibaba Group Holdings $433.5 Million Settlement Claims Due March 26, 2025



All Persons and/or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Alibaba ADS between November 13, 2019 and December 23, 2020, inclusive, are encouraged to visit the claim administrator’s website to learn more about the settlement and submit a claim form online.   Claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked no later than March 26, 2025. https://alibabaclassactionsettlement.com/