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    Plaintiffs brought 85 new federal class action securities cases in the first half of 2015, compared with 92 in the second half of 2014. The number of filings in the first six months of 2015 remained 10 percent below the semiannual average of 94 observed between 1997 and 2014.
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    Securities class action filings with accounting allegations jump 47 percent in 2014. Accounting cases represent the vast majority of total settlement value.
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    Total settlement dollars in securities class actions hit their lowest mark in 16 years in 2014. The average settlement amount also reached its lowest level since 2000.
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