A securities class action filed against ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. and certain of its directors and officers on June 25, 2026, highlights what may be the next phase of AI-related securities litigation. Unlike many earlier AI-related lawsuits, which alleged that companies overstated their AI capabilities, the Zoom complaint alleges that the company accurately described its AI
The third episode of The D&O Diary Podcast Series is now live. Building on our June 30, 2026, post discussing first-half federal court securities class action lawsuits, this episode explores the factors and trends driving the number of current suit filings.
In this podcast, we discuss the overall increase in the total number of federal
For more than two decades, The D&O Diary has chronicled successive waves of securities litigation involving foreign companies with shares listed on U.S. exchanges. The Chinese reverse merger cases of the early 2010s centered on alleged accounting fraud. More recently, a new cluster of lawsuits has emerged involving low-float stocks, artificial intelligence announcements, SPACs, and
How will artificial intelligence (AI) impact the D&O liability and insurance landscape?
The D&O Diary, in collaboration with Allianz Commercial, has prepared a survey, to allow us to better understand the views of D&O insurance industry participants about AI. The survey form is available here. The survey will remain open through July 20,
One of the much-discussed concerns in the insurance industry about artificial intelligence (AI) is the risk of “silent AI” – that is, the seepage of AI-related matters into various insurance coverages that were not intended (at least not consciously) to provide coverage for these kinds of exposures. A new shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against the
A recent multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s anti-DEI mandate highlights a major shift in the ongoing ESG backlash tracked by The D&O Diary. The case alleges that federal contractors are trapped by poorly defined requirements, which could lead to D&O exposure in a number of industry sectors. Because compliance is now tied directly
New securities class action lawsuits in the first half of 2026 were filed at a pace that projects to a year-end total number of filings ahead of both 2025’s full-year total and long-term year-end averages.
As we have detailed in numerous posts on this site, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an important area of emerging corporate risk. AI also represents an important corporate governance challenge for companies and their boards. In the following guest post, Patrick Meson takes a detailed look at the nature of AI-related corporate risks and considers the
One of the ways that underlying problems or events can translate into a D&O claim is through a “follow-on” lawsuit alleging the defendant company’s board should be held liable for the underlying problem. In the latest example of this phenomenon, a plaintiff shareholder has filed a derivative lawsuit against the board of Uber, calling the
As readers know, in recent years, red state politicians and other litigants, in service of an anti-ESG backlash agenda, have launched a series of suits challenging the sustainability practices and policies of companies, asset managers, and other market participants. On May 20, 2026, the Texas Attorney General (AG) launched the latest of these kinds of