Securities & Shareholder Litigation
Securities & Shareholder Litigation
The attorneys in our Securities & Shareholder Litigation Practice Group are recognized as leaders by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America©, BTI Litigation Outlook and Chambers USA. We are at the forefront of complex corporate and securities disputes, handling significant cases with national reach. Our team excels in defending high-stakes matters, including more than 20 class actions over the past ten years alone and all other types of claims, in court and in arbitration, with a track record of successfully resolving claims with billions of dollars at stake.
Our deep and sophisticated understanding of our clients' businesses enables us to implement proactive and innovative litigation strategies. Our clients range from public and private companies, to officers and directors, traders, executives, and compliance officers. Our clients span diverse industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, technology and more, reflecting our broad reach and adaptability in handling complex corporate and securities matters across various sectors.
Areas of Focus
We represent clients in a broad range of matters including:
- Securities Class Actions
- Shareholder Derivative Actions
- Merger-Related Litigation
- SEC and Regulatory Enforcement
- Internal Investigations
- Corporate Governance Disputes
- Securities-Related Arbitrations
- Appellate Litigation
- Compliance and Risk Management
What Sets Us Apart
- Track Record in High-Stakes Securities Litigation: Our team has significant experience in resolving high-stakes securities class actions and defending clients in complex securities fraud cases, providing robust defense strategies that safeguard our clients' interests and assets. We manage parallel proceedings involving internal investigations, government enforcement actions, and complex litigation, ensuring thorough and effective representation.
- Corporate Governance Experience: We serve as lead counsel for Special Litigation Committees, effectively and efficiently investigating derivative claims and allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties, and routinely advise companies on a multitude of issues related to corporate management and the board of directors.
- Strategic Regulatory Engagement: We effectively navigate proceedings before key regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), stock exchanges and inspectors general offices, leveraging our deep industry knowledge to provide insightful and effective counsel.
- Full-Service Corporate Practice: In recent years, we have represented dozens of public company clients in corporate transactions valued at more than $75 billion and handled related litigation matters. As a full-service firm, we provide integrated legal solutions that ensure our clients receive consistent and seamless representation across all aspects of their business, including the analysis of risk.
- Approved Panel Counsel for Directors & Officers (D&O) Insurance Carriers: We collaborate closely with D&O insurance carriers on litigation matters involving corporate and director/officer clients.
Whether protecting assets, resolving disputes or navigating regulatory complexities, our Securities & Shareholder Litigation attorneys are dedicated to delivering exceptional service and results that exceed expectations.
Featured Experience
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We served as lead counsel for Envision and 23 individual defendants in a putative class action alleging violations of Sections...
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Bass, Berry & Sims served as counsel to BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, in resolving a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed...
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We served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related...
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We represented Pinnacle Financial Partners in a class action brought on behalf of shareholders of Avenue Bank, arising out of...
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Bass, Berry & Sims represented Genesco Inc. in connection with the negotiation of a merger agreement for Genesco to be...
The attorneys in our Securities & Shareholder Litigation Practice Group are recognized as leaders by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America©, BTI Litigation Outlook and Chambers USA. We are at the forefront of complex corporate and securities disputes, handling significant cases with national reach. Our team excels in defending high-stakes matters, including more than 20 class actions over the past ten years alone and all other types of claims, in court and in arbitration, with a track record of successfully resolving claims with billions of dollars at stake.
Our deep and sophisticated understanding of our clients' businesses enables us to implement proactive and innovative litigation strategies. Our clients range from public and private companies, to officers and directors, traders, executives, and compliance officers. Our clients span diverse industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, technology and more, reflecting our broad reach and adaptability in handling complex corporate and securities matters across various sectors.
Areas of Focus
We represent clients in a broad range of matters including:
- Securities Class Actions
- Shareholder Derivative Actions
- Merger-Related Litigation
- SEC and Regulatory Enforcement
- Internal Investigations
- Corporate Governance Disputes
- Securities-Related Arbitrations
- Appellate Litigation
- Compliance and Risk Management
What Sets Us Apart
- Track Record in High-Stakes Securities Litigation: Our team has significant experience in resolving high-stakes securities class actions and defending clients in complex securities fraud cases, providing robust defense strategies that safeguard our clients' interests and assets. We manage parallel proceedings involving internal investigations, government enforcement actions, and complex litigation, ensuring thorough and effective representation.
- Corporate Governance Experience: We serve as lead counsel for Special Litigation Committees, effectively and efficiently investigating derivative claims and allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties, and routinely advise companies on a multitude of issues related to corporate management and the board of directors.
- Strategic Regulatory Engagement: We effectively navigate proceedings before key regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), stock exchanges and inspectors general offices, leveraging our deep industry knowledge to provide insightful and effective counsel.
- Full-Service Corporate Practice: In recent years, we have represented dozens of public company clients in corporate transactions valued at more than $75 billion and handled related litigation matters. As a full-service firm, we provide integrated legal solutions that ensure our clients receive consistent and seamless representation across all aspects of their business, including the analysis of risk.
- Approved Panel Counsel for Directors & Officers (D&O) Insurance Carriers: We collaborate closely with D&O insurance carriers on litigation matters involving corporate and director/officer clients.
Whether protecting assets, resolving disputes or navigating regulatory complexities, our Securities & Shareholder Litigation attorneys are dedicated to delivering exceptional service and results that exceed expectations.
Experience
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We served as lead counsel for Envision and 23 individual defendants in a putative class action alleging violations of Sections...
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Bass, Berry & Sims served as counsel to BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, in resolving a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed...
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We served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related...
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We represented Pinnacle Financial Partners in a class action brought on behalf of shareholders of Avenue Bank, arising out of...
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Bass, Berry & Sims represented Genesco Inc. in connection with the negotiation of a merger agreement for Genesco to be...
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We served as lead counsel for Envision Healthcare Corporation and current and former board members in four derivative actions asserting...
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We successfully argued issue of first impression under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act before the U.S. Court of Appeals...
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We obtained summary judgment on behalf of Change Healthcare and related entities in federal court litigation in Seattle stemming from...
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We represent Ruby Tuesday and certain named officers in a putative class action alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a)...
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We represented Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNFP) in its $1.9 billion merger with BNC Bancorp (NASDAQ: BNCN) pursuant to...
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We represented Morgan Keegan & Co. in two cases brought by individual investors in certain Morgan Keegan Funds stemming from...
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We successfully represented an individual in the Northern District of Georgia in a securities fraud suit arising from an investment...
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We served as lead counsel for the Special Litigation Committee created by the board of directors to investigate allegations of...
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We served as lead counsel representing Morgan Keegan and related individuals and entities in federal securities and derivative multi-district litigation...
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We represented the Board of Directors of Healthways, Inc. in a derivative case in the Chancery Court for Delaware defending...
Experience
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We served as lead counsel for Envision and 23 individual defendants in a putative class action alleging violations of Sections...
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Bass, Berry & Sims served as counsel to BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, in resolving a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed...
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We served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related...
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We represented Pinnacle Financial Partners in a class action brought on behalf of shareholders of Avenue Bank, arising out of...
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Bass, Berry & Sims represented Genesco Inc. in connection with the negotiation of a merger agreement for Genesco to be...
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We served as lead counsel for Envision Healthcare Corporation and current and former board members in four derivative actions asserting...
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We successfully argued issue of first impression under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act before the U.S. Court of Appeals...
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We obtained summary judgment on behalf of Change Healthcare and related entities in federal court litigation in Seattle stemming from...
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We represent Ruby Tuesday and certain named officers in a putative class action alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a)...
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We represented Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNFP) in its $1.9 billion merger with BNC Bancorp (NASDAQ: BNCN) pursuant to...
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We represented Morgan Keegan & Co. in two cases brought by individual investors in certain Morgan Keegan Funds stemming from...
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We successfully represented an individual in the Northern District of Georgia in a securities fraud suit arising from an investment...
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We served as lead counsel for the Special Litigation Committee created by the board of directors to investigate allegations of...
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We served as lead counsel representing Morgan Keegan and related individuals and entities in federal securities and derivative multi-district litigation...
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We represented the Board of Directors of Healthways, Inc. in a derivative case in the Chancery Court for Delaware defending...
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Professionals
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Allison Wiseman Acker Member |
(615) 742-7895 | allison.acker@bassberry.com |
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Elaina S. Al-Nimri Member |
(615) 742-7766 | eal-nimri@bassberry.com |
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Cody Anthony Associate |
(615) 742-6227 | Cody.Anthony@bassberry.com |
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Ryan R. Baker Member |
(901) 543-5705 | rbaker@bassberry.com |
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Denise M. Barnes Member |
(202) 827-7214 | Denise.Barnes@bassberry.com |
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Michael A. Brady Member |
(901) 543-5703 | mbrady@bassberry.com |
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Shayne R. Clinton Member |
(865) 521-0372 | sclinton@bassberry.com |
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Joseph B. Crace, Jr. Counsel |
(615) 742-7896 | jcrace@bassberry.com |
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Margaret Dodson Member |
(615) 742-7712 | margaret.dodson@bassberry.com |
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Harry L. Goldsmith Senior Advisor |
(901) 543-5719 | hgoldsmith@bassberry.com |
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Becca Guthrie Associate |
(615) 742-6516 | Rebecca.Guthrie@bassberry.com |
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Brian Irving Member |
(615) 742-7769 | birving@bassberry.com |
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Britt K. Latham Member |
(615) 742-7762 | blatham@bassberry.com |
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Christopher G. Lazarini Member |
(901) 543-5702 | clazarini@bassberry.com |
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Jack Nelson Associate |
(615) 742-7703 | Jack.Nelson@bassberry.com |
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James Parkinson Member |
+1 (202) 827-2955 | James.Parkinson@bassberry.com |
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W. Brantley Phillips, Jr. Member |
(615) 742-7723 | bphillips@bassberry.com |
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Grace E. Platt Associate |
(615) 742-6202 | Grace.Platt@bassberry.com |
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Glenn B. Rose Member |
(615) 742-6273 | grose@bassberry.com |
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Briana Sprick Schuster Counsel |
(615) 742-7853 | briana.sprick.schuster@bassberry.com |
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Overton Thompson III Member |
(615) 742-7730 | othompson@bassberry.com |
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Virginia Maynard Yetter Senior Litigation Attorney |
(615) 742-7858 | vyetter@bassberry.com |
Publications
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September 23, 2024 | Firm Publication
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June 20, 2024 | Today’s General Counsel
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April 18, 2024 | Securities Law Exchange Blog
Past Events
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February 15, 2024 | Nashville, TennesseeThe Vanderbilt Law and Business Program
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September 14-15, 2022 | Nashville, TennesseeBass, Berry & Sims
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September 28, 2021 | VirtualBass, Berry & Sims
Media Mentions & Firm News
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November 18, 2025 | Firm News
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August 12, 2025 | Benchmark Litigation
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July 24, 2025 | Firm News
Publications
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September 23, 2024 | Firm Publication
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June 20, 2024 | Today’s General Counsel
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April 18, 2024 | Securities Law Exchange Blog
Past Events
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February 15, 2024 | Nashville, TennesseeThe Vanderbilt Law and Business Program
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September 14-15, 2022 | Nashville, TennesseeBass, Berry & Sims
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September 28, 2021 | VirtualBass, Berry & Sims
Media Mentions & Firm News
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November 18, 2025 | Firm News
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August 12, 2025 | Benchmark Litigation
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July 24, 2025 | Firm News
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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