{"id":973,"date":"2015-11-05T11:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/securitiestracker\/news\/academic-study-recognizes-kessler-topaz-as-a-top-merger-litigation-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:23:06","slug":"academic-study-recognizes-kessler-topaz-as-a-top-merger-litigation-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/securitiestracker\/news\/academic-study-recognizes-kessler-topaz-as-a-top-merger-litigation-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Study Recognizes Kessler Topaz as a Top Merger Litigation Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"s-intro\">\n<p>In an article to be published in the forthcoming issue of the American Law and Economics Review, three academic scholars used a statistical analysis to conclude that Kessler Topaz is among the top five plaintiff\u2019s law firms in merger litigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The study sought to analyze whether plaintiffs\u2019 counsel had any measurable effect on the outcomes of shareholder M&amp;A litigation. The authors concluded that plaintiffs\u2019 counsel in fact did correlate meaningfully with the type of results achieved in such cases, and that Kessler Topaz was among a select group of five firms which, statistically, \u201cis significantly and positively associated with a higher probability of lawsuit success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Analyzing 1,739 lawsuits arising from corporate mergers from 2003-2012, professors Randall Thomas, C.N.V. Krishnan and Steven Davidoff Solomon found that Kessler Topaz, as a \u201ctopmost firm,\u201d adopts \u201cmore aggressive litigation strategies\u201d that \u201cproduce statistically significantly superior results\u201d for stockholders, such as \u201csettlements with significant dollar consideration or settlements amending the terms of the merger agreement.\u201d \u201cIn other words, contrary to conventional wisdom and theory, not all plaintiffs\u2019 law firms are alike\u201d when it comes to merger litigation, and Kessler Topaz is \u201cmore careful\u201d in screening potential cases and \u201cless likely to have their cases dismissed,\u201d the authors concluded. 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