LegalZoom.com, Inc. (LZ)
Whether directors and officers of LegalZoom.com, Inc. (LZ) breached their fiduciary duties to the company and its shareholders.
Investigation
03/04/2021
Initial Lawsuit
03/04/2021
Lawsuit Progression
06/16/2021
Dismissal
03/31/2022
Investigation focusing on Range Resources’ statements regarding its compliance with Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
02/10/2021
The DEP issues a statement announcing Range Resources’ $294,000 civil penalty for violating the 2012 PA Oil and Gas Act “regarding wells ineligible for inactive status listed on its inactive status request to DEP.”
Stock Impact
Close | Previous close | Price variation | Percentage variation |
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$10.19 | $9.77 | $0.42 | 4.3% |
Plaintiff brings this securities against all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Range Resources common stock between April 29, 2016 and February 10, 2021, both dates inclusive.
According to the complaint, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the company’s business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, defendants allegedly failed to disclose to investors that:
(i) Range Resources had improperly designated the status of its wells in Pennsylvania since at least 2013;
(ii) the foregoing conduct subjected the Company to a heightened risk of regulatory investigation and enforcement, as well as artificially decreased the Company’s periodically reported cost estimates to plug and abandon its wells;
(iii) the Company was the subject of a DEP investigation from sometime between September 2017 to January 2021 for improperly designating the status of its wells;
(iv) the DEP investigation foreseeably would and ultimately did lead to the Company incurring regulatory fines; and
(v) as a result, the Company’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
06/16/2021
The court issued an order appointing the lead plaintiff and lead counsel.
07/26/2021
Lead plaintiff brings this securities class action on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Range Resources common stock between April 29, 2016 and February 10, 2021, both dates inclusive.
Operative complaint
08/25/2021
A motion to dismiss was filed with the court.
On 03/31/2022, the court dismissed the complaint with prejudice.
The court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.
The Court agrees with Defendants; Jacobowitz’s pleading comes up well short of alleging particularized facts showing Defendants acted with sufficient motive to support a finding of scienter . . . For the above-stated reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 69); Jacobowitz’s claims are therefore each DISMISSED with prejudice.
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Order on Motion to Dismiss
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