The folks at Cornerstone Research went live this morning with their report on securities class action activity in the first half of 2024 and the overall statistics pretty much fall in line with the pace we saw last year.

With 112 new filings in the first half of 2024, the total was a tick higher than the 103 in the second half of 2023, but fell right in line with the 113 filed in the first half of last year. The total number of what Cornerstone calls “core” filings—a tally that excludes lawsuits simply seeking additional disclosures in proposed mergers and acquisitions—inched up from 109 to 110 year-over-year and was, again, a tad higher than the 101 such suits filed in the second half of 2023.