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CLASS ACTION UPDATE for HL, EQT and RBGLY: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Investors of Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders

Tuesday, 16 July 2019 02:57 PM

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP

Topic:
Lawsuits

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 16, 2019 / Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announces that class action lawsuits have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Shareholders interested in serving as lead plaintiff have until the lead plaintiff deadlines listed below to petition the court, and those interested in their eligibility are encouraged to contact the firm. There will be no cost or obligation to you.

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL)

Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased March 19, 2018 - May 8, 2019
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : July 23, 2019
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/hecla-mining-company-loss-form?prid=2435&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, during the class period, Hecla Mining Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) the Nevada operations were hemorrhaging cash due to a multitude of material problems identified by Defendants during Hecla’s extensive due diligence of the Nevada mines before the Class Period, and (b) as a result of these material problems, Defendants had no reasonable basis for their representations that the Nevada operations would be in a position to have positive or self-funding cash flow.

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT)

Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased June 19, 2017 - October 24, 2018
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : August 26, 2019
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/eqt-corporation-loss-form?prid=2435&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, during the class period, EQT Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) land acquired by the Rice Energy merger was not contiguous with the Company’s previously held acreage, which reduced the purported synergy benefits; (2) the purported longer lateral wells were not feasible because of intervening third-party parcels or prior drilling by EQT, Rice, or third parties; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (OTC PINK: RBGLY)

Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased On behalf of all purchasers of Reckitt American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) from July 28, 2014 through April 9, 2019
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : September 13, 2019
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/reckitt-benckiser-group-plc-loss-form?prid=2435&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, (a) defendants had engaged in a scheme to artificially inflate the sales of Suboxone Film by more than $3 billion by falsely touting the drug’s purportedly superior efficacy and safety as compared to tablets; (b) contrary to defendants’ public statements, the FDA and internal Company documents had concluded that Suboxone Film posed a potentially greater risk of abuse and child endangerment than other available treatments; (c) defendants had fabricated a safety scare involving Suboxone Tablets in order to unlawfully delay and prevent generic competition; (d) defendants had engaged in a massive marketing campaign that had misrepresented the purported benefits of Suboxone Film as compared to Suboxone Tablets to doctors, healthcare providers, government regulators and investors; (e) defendants had encouraged Suboxone sales through medical providers that they knew were overprescribing the drug, facilitating the drug’s abuse and/or prescribing it in a careless and clinically unwarranted manner, often to hundreds of individuals at a time; (f) as a result of (a)-(e) above, Reckitt’s revenues, net income an d earnings were artificially inflated and the product of illicit business practices; and (g) as a result of (a)-(f) above, Reckitt and Reckitt Pharma were exposed to extraordinary undisclosed legal and reputational risks that could result in billions of dollars in fines, lost business and legal judgments or other monetary penalties.

You have until the lead plaintiff deadlines to request the court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn’t require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, California, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise and experience representing investors in securities litigation and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
[email protected]
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com

SOURCE: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP

Topic:
Lawsuits
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