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In re Willis Towers Watson plc Proxy Litigation
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1:17-cv-01338
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January 19, 2021
Willis Towers Watson To Settle Merger Claims For $90M
Investors in financial services firm Towers Watson & Co. asked a Virginia federal judge Friday to grant initial approval to a $90 million settlement deal that would end federal and Delaware Chancery lawsuits over the company's 2016 merger with risk adviser and insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings.
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September 04, 2020
Towers Watson Investors Win Cert. In $456M Willis Merger Suit
A Virginia federal judge on Friday certified a class of thousands of investors who claim the merger that formed Willis Towers Watson PLC undervalued Towers Watson and overcompensated its CEO, finding that the allegations and proposed damages model in the suit are common to all class members and deserve class treatment.
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July 12, 2018
Willis Towers Watson Ducks Investors' $18B Merger Suit
A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday booted a putative investor class action that sought to pin Towers Watson & Co. and Willis Group over their $18 billion merger that formed Willis Towers Watson PLC, which investors said undervalued Towers Watson and overcompensated the new CEO, finding the claims were too late.
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April 16, 2018
Investment Co. Asks To Leave Towers-Willis Merger Suit
A Willis Group shareholder Friday asked to be let out of a suit claiming its CEO and the CEO of Towers Watson & Co made a deal to drive down Towers' share value ahead of the companies' $18 billion merger, with the shareholder saying its CEO didn't have the power to make such a deal.
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November 27, 2017
Investors 'Sold Out' By CEO In Towers-Willis Merger, Suit Says
The $18 billion Towers Watson & Co.-Willis Group merger became the subject of another suit last week as a retirement fund told a Virginia federal court it and other shareholders were "sold out" by the Towers Watson CEO for a $165 million pay deal.