In recent years, shareholder litigation against public corporations has grown into a substantial financial enterprise controlled by relatively few shareholders and the law firms that represent them. With increasing frequency, these shareholders are state or municipal pension funds. Their lawyers are private law firms that are hired by the state (or another government unit) to pursue the case on a contingency fee basis, meaning the firm is paid a percentage of the judgment or settlement if its client, the state, is successful.

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