Overall, there were 57 new securities class action lawsuit filings in the first quarter of 2012, which represents an annual filing rate of about 228 lawsuits. This filing rate is above the 2011 filing levels, when there were 188 securities class action lawsuit filings, and the 1996-2010 annual average filing rate of 194. However, the pace of filings was not level throughout the first quarter. The number of lawsuit filings declined from the prior month in the second and third months of the quarter. Thus, while there were 24 new securities class action lawsuit filings in January, there were 19 in February and only 14 in March.
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