Prison Realty Securities Class Action

CASE SETTLED FOR $104 MILLION

Girard Gibbs was co-lead counsel in this securities class action brought on behalf of investors against a real estate investment trust and its officers and directors, following defendants' alleged false statements made in the context of a merger between Corrections Corporation of America and CCA Prison Realty Trust and subsequent operation of the merged entity. On February 13, 2001, the Court granted final approval to a settlement for over $104 million in cash and stock.

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Girard Gibbs is a national litigation firm specializing in securities litigation, consumer class actions and complex business litigation. The firm’s senior partners, Daniel Girard and Eric Gibbs, have been chosen as Superlawyers by Law & Politics, recognizing them as among the top 5-percent of attorneys practicing in Northern California.