SEB Investment Management AB et al v. Wells Fargo & Company et al
Case Number:
3:22-cv-03811
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act
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Firms
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Kessler Topaz
- Klausner Kaufman
- McGuireWoods
- Motley Rice
- Pomerantz LLP
- Saxena White
- Scott&Scott
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Troutman
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October 16, 2025
Wells Fargo To Settle Investors' 'Sham' Hiring Case For $85M
Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $85 million to exit an investor class action accusing it of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity quotas, settling a yearslong dispute before it could reach trial in California federal court.
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September 26, 2025
Wells Fargo Nears Deal With Investors In 'Sham' Hiring Suit
Wells Fargo and investors who said they lost money after allegations surfaced that the bank conducted fake interviews to show it met diversity goals have told a California federal court they've reached a settlement in principle, less than two weeks after the company announced a deal in a derivative lawsuit over similar claims.
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July 08, 2025
Wells Fargo Wants Investors' 'Sham' Hiring Suit Tossed
Wells Fargo & Co. is once again looking to rid itself of a California-based class action accusing it of deceiving investors about its hiring practices, arguing that suing shareholders have not found any evidence that so-called sham job interviews were widespread at the bank.
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June 09, 2025
Mediation Fails To End 'Sham' Hiring Suit Against Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo and a class of investors accusing the bank of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock price drop have told a California federal judge that the mediation they attempted last month did not result in a settlement.
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May 13, 2025
Wells Fargo Asks 9th Circ. To Undo 'Sham' Hiring Class Cert.
Wells Fargo has asked the Ninth Circuit to intervene and undo the class certification granted to investors who have claimed that the bank's alleged practice of conducting "sham" interviews to meet diversity quotas harmed the bank's stock price when the truth came to light.
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April 28, 2025
Wells Fargo Investors Win Class Cert. In 'Sham' Hiring Case
A California federal judge has certified a class of thousands of Wells Fargo & Co. investors in litigation over the bank's alleged practice of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets, a strategy investors say led to stock prices dropping when the truth came to light, according to an order issued Friday.
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April 22, 2025
Wells Fargo 'Sham' Hiring Suit Delayed For Mediation
A California federal judge agreed to move deadlines in a proposed investor class action accusing Wells Fargo of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock drop when the practice was revealed, citing plans to attempt mediation in May.
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February 18, 2025
Wells Fargo Fights Class Cert. Bid In 'Sham' Hiring Case
Wells Fargo & Co. is seeking to avoid class claims in a lawsuit accusing it of deceiving investors about its hiring practices, arguing that suing shareholders have not shown how a downturn in the bank's stock price was caused by the supposedly "sham" job interviews rather than a challenging interest rate environment.
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July 29, 2024
Wells Fargo Can't Escape Investors' Sham Diverse Hiring Suit
A California federal judge refused to throw out a proposed securities class action against Wells Fargo alleging it conducted sham interviews to meet diversity targets that triggered a stock drop when the truth came to light, finding Monday that the investors had plausibly alleged the bank's ill-will.
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January 31, 2024
Wells Fargo Rips Investors' Claim Diversity Goal Was 'Kabuki'
Wells Fargo urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss a proposed securities class action alleging the bank conducted sham interviews to meet diversity targets triggering a stock drop when the truth came to light, arguing there may have been preferred candidates, but that doesn't mean the interviews were "kabuki."