BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Block & Leviton LLP (www.blockleviton.com), a national securities litigation firm, reminds investors that securities class actions have been filed against J2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM) and Velocity Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VEL). Shareholders interested in serving as lead plaintiff have until the deadlines listed below to move the court. Further details about the cases are described below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
JCOM Shareholders – Click Here: https://www.blockleviton.com/cases/jcom
VEL Shareholders – Click Here: https://www.blockleviton.com/cases/velocity
J2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM) – Lead Plaintiff Deadline of September 8, 2020
J2 Global is a digital media roll-up that has acquired 186 businesses since its inception. Its CEO has described the Company’s “acquisition system” as its “single great competitive advantage.” On Dec. 12, 2018, however, Glasshouse Research released a forensic report stating J2's “acquisition accounting remains suspect,” and concluding “that management has touted many farce operating metrics that do not show J2's true economic value.” Then on June 30, 2020, analyst Hindenburg Research issued a series of tweets and published a report regarding J2 Global entitled “J2 Global: Troubling Related Party Transactions, Looming Impairments and a Suspicious History of Insider Enrichment Spanning Decades.” In its report, Hindenburg writes that “J2’s opaque acquisition approach has opened the door to egregious insider self-enrichment, which we approximate totals $117 million to $172 million based on publicly available information.” Hindenburg continued that J2 had recently committed $200 million of shareholder cash to a newly-formed investment vehicle run by its Chairman, who has a track record of venture investment failures. Hindenburg further stated that it found decades of intertwined financial interests between board members and executives, calling several of J2’s directors’ independence into question. Hindenburg also raised “tricky accounting,” noting that J2 has never taken a goodwill impairment, yet the Company’s subsidiaries have reported multiple material goodwill impairments that do not appear to coincide with J2’s financials. On this news, the price of J2 Global’s shares plummeted.
Velocity Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VEL) – Lead Plaintiff Deadline of September 28, 2020
On January 17, 2020, Velocity Financial commenced its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 7.25 million shares at $13.00 each, raising approximately $94 million. Since the IPO, Velocity Financial’s stock price has plummeted, closing as low as $2.47 per share, representing a decline of approximately 81% from the IPO price.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and is captioned Berg v. Velocity Financial, Inc., et al., No. 2:20-cv-06780. The suit alleges that the IPO materials failed to disclose that a substantial and growing proportion of Velocity Financial’s loans were non-performing and/or on non-accrual status, and failed to disclose any information whatsoever about the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and its actual and potential implications for Velocity Financial’s finances and prospects.
If you purchased or acquired shares of JCOM or VEL and have questions about your legal rights or possess information relevant to these matters, please contact Block & Leviton attorneys at (617) 398-5600, via email at cases@blockleviton.com, or via the links provided above.
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