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Notices Apr 13, 2016

SHAREHOLDER ALERT Levi Korsinsky, LLP Announces It Has Filed a Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of FirstMerit Corporation Shareholders and Announces a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of June 13, 2016 – FMER

NEW YORK, April 12, 2016 — The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased shares of FirstMerit Corporation (“FirstMerit”) (NASDAQ:FMER) prior to the January 26, 2016 merger announcement. You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. …

Lawsuits Mar 23, 2016

Class-Action Suits Have a Shot in Post-Scalia Era

One of Justice Antonin Scalia’s chief policy concerns — some might call it an obsession — was class actions, which he saw as excuses for plaintiffs’ lawyers to make money by aggregating small individual claims to the detriment of corporate defendants. On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court hinted that, in Scalia’s absence, class-action law might not continue to be interpreted narrowly. It …