This is a securities class action settlement against five audit and consulting firms (CohnReznick LLP, Crowe LLP, Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP, RSM US LLP, and WithumSmith+Brown, PC). The defendants have agreed to settle the lawsuit with final court approval granted on November 24, 2025.
- Claim deadline
- November 14, 2025
- Represents
- Ascendant Capital, LLC, GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, Axiom Capital Management, Inc., DJ Partners LLC, MR Ranger LLC, David Gentile, Jeffry Schneider, Mark D Martino, GPB Holdings, LP, GPB Holdings II, LP, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, GPB Cold Storage, LP, GPB Waste Management, LP, GPB Holdings III, LP, GPB Holdings Qualified, LP, GPB NYC Development, LP, RSM US LLP, Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., Advisory Group Equity Services, Ltd., Aegis Capital Corp., Aeon Capital Inc., American Capital Partners, LLC, Arete Wealth Management, LLC, Arkadios Capital, Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc., BCG Securities Inc., Bradley Wealth Management LLC, Cabot Lodge Securities LLC, Calton & Associates, Inc., Cape Securities, Inc., Capital Financial Services, Inc., Capital Investment Group, Inc., Cascade Financial Management, Inc., Center Street Securities, Inc., Coastal Equities, Inc., Colorado Financial Service Corporation, Concorde Investment Services, LLC, Crown Capital Securities, LP, David A. Noyes & Company, Dawson James Securities, Inc., Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC, Detalus Securities, LLC, DFPG Investments, Inc., DH Hill Securities, LLLP, Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC, Emerson Equity LLC, Financial West Group, FSC Securities Corporation, Geneos Wealth Management, Inc., Great Point Capital LLC, GVC Capital LLC, HighTower Securities, LLC, IBN Financial Services, Inc., Innovation Partners LLC, International Assets Advisory, LLC, Investment Architects, Inc., Kalos Capital, Inc., Kingsbury Capital, Inc., Landolt Securities, Inc., Lewis Financial Group n/k/a DAI Securities, LLC, Lion Street Financial LLC, Lowell & Company, Inc., Lucia Securities LLC, Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, McDonald Partners LLC, McNally Financial Services Corporation, Moloney Securities Co., Inc., Money Concepts Capital Corp., Mori Huston Partners LLC, MSC-BD, LLC, National Securities Corporation, Newbridge Securities Corporation, Orchard Securities, LLC, Pariter Securities, LLC, Private Client Services, LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc., Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., SagePoint Financial, Inc., Sandlapper Securities, LLC, SCF Securities, Inc., Sentinus Securities LLC n/k/a Sentinus-Halo Securities, LLC, Stephen A. Kohn & Associates, Ltd., Titan Securities, Triad Advisors, LLC, Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC, United Planners' Financial Services of America, LP, Vanderbilt Securities, LLC, Western International Securities, Inc., WestPark Capital Inc., Whitehall-Parker Securities, Inc., Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC, Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., John Doe Auditors 1 through 10, Crowe, LLP, EisnerAmper LLP, Margolin Winer & Evens LLP, Withum Smith+Brown, PC, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Ferra, LLC, Gentile Pismeny & Brengel LLP, HighTower Advisors, LLC, CohnReznick LLP, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, Ascendant Alternative Strategies, LLC