NEW YORK, April 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, encourages investors
in the following companies to contact the firm:
Company: Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG)
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 23, 2019
Class Period: June 27, 2018 through December 19, 2018
Contact Us: www.faruqilaw.com/CAG
The case, Estrada v. Conagra Brands, Inc. et al., No. 19-cv-01805, has been filed in the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Illinois against the Company and certain of its officers. The lawsuit focuses on whether the Company
and its executives violated federal securities laws by failing to disclose that: (1) Conagra inadequately performed proper due
diligence in connection with the acquisition of Pinnacle; (2) the performance of Pinnacle’s three leading brands was not
deteriorating due to intensified competition, but to self-inflicted subpar innovation and executional missteps; and (3) Pinnacle’s
business was performing so poorly that it had resorted to pushing promotional deals to retailers in an effort to boost sales. The
case has been assigned to Judge Andrea R. Wood.
Company: Conduent, Inc. (NYSE:CNDT)
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 7, 2019
Class Period: February 21, 2018 through November 6, 2018
Contact Us: www.faruqilaw.com/CNDT
The case, Employees Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority v. Conduent, Inc. et al., No.
19-cv-08237, has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company and certain of
its officers. The lawsuit focuses on whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or
misleading representations to investors regarding the Company’s “transformation phase” and whether it had cured inefficiencies
caused by operating on multiple information resource platforms. The case has been assigned to Judge Susan D. Wigenton.
Company: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI)
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 10, 2019
Class Period: March 8, 2016 through March 7, 2019
Contact Us: www.faruqilaw.com/BPI
The case, Stein v. Bridgepoint Education, Inc., No. 19-cv-00460, has been filed in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of California against the Company and certain of its officers. The lawsuit focuses on whether the Company and
its executives violated federal securities laws by failing to disclose that: (1) Bridgepoint’s processes for recording revenue for
its FTG program were inaccurate; (2) Bridgepoint maintained deficient internal controls; (3) due to the foregoing deficiencies,
Bridgepoint was prone to and did commit material accounting errors related to revenue, provision for bad debts, accounts receivable
and deferred revenue, which resulted in the overstatement of revenue and expenses; and (4) as a result, Bridgepoint’s public
statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. The case has been assigned to Judge William Q. Hayes.
Company: United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC)
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 13, 2019
Class Period: October 28, 2015 through November 1, 2018
Contact Us: www.faruqilaw.com/UMC
The case, Meyer v. United Microelectronics Corporation et al., No. 19-cv-02304, has been filed in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company and certain of its officers. The lawsuit focuses on
whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing
to disclose that: (1) UMC conspired with Fujian to steal trade secrets from Micron relating to its research and development of
DRAM; (2) UMC hired former Micron employees for the purpose of stealing such information from Micron; (3) the foregoing conduct
placed UMC and certain of its employees at an increased risk of criminal and regulatory investigation by the U.S. government; and
(4) as a result, UMC’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. The case has been assigned to
Judge Victor Marrero.
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The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is
adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the
putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and
remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff
or not.
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding the foregoing companies’ conduct to contact the firm,
including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.
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