Securities Claims Against Fracking Company Pleaded Sufficiently, Judge Says

Mealey's (December 7, 2020, 2:13 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Dec. 2 denied a hydraulic fracturing company’s motion to dismiss securities class claims against it, ruling that the plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded claims for unreasonable accounting practices that would have distorted public information regarding merger projections (In re EQT Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 19-754, W.D. Pa.)....