The purpose of this website is to advise members of the Settlement Class of the Settlement of the Action entitled In re Humanigen, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 2:22-cv-05258 (the “Settlement”), now pending in the United States District Court of New Jersey.
**Important Case Update**
On June 14, 2024 the Court entered an order updating the date of the Settlement Hearing to September 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. and extended the Exclusion and Objection deadlines to August 6, 2024. You may find the relevant court order in the Court Documents section of this website.
The information contained on this web page is only a summary of information presented in more detail in the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action (the “Notice”), which you can access by clicking here. Since this website is just a summary, you should review the Notice for additional information.
If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights will be affected by this Settlement whether you act or do not act.
Please read the Notice carefully.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT | |
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SUBMIT A PROOF OF CLAIM AND RELEASE FORM POSTMARKED OR SUBMITTED ONLINE NO LATER THAN MARCH 7, 2024. | The only way to get payment. |
EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT CLASS BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR EXCLUSION POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 6, 2024. | Get no payment. This is the only option that allows you to participate in another lawsuit against the Defendants relating to the legal claims in this case. |
OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN OBJECTION POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 6, 2024. | You may write to the Court if you do not like this Settlement. |
DO NOTHING. | Get no payment. |
How Do I know if I am a Settlement Class Member?
The Court has preliminarily certified the following Settlement Class:All persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Humanigen, Inc. (“Humanigen”) securities from May 16, 2020, to July 12, 2022, inclusive. Excluded from the Settlement Class are: (i) Defendants; (ii) Officers, Directors, or affiliates of Humanigen; (iii) Humanigen’s employee retirement of benefit plan(s) or a participant or beneficiary to the extent they purchased or acquired Humanigen securities through any such plan(s); (iv) Any entity in which Defendants have or had controlling interest; (v) An immediate family member of any excluded person, which includes children, stepchildren, partners, stepparents, spouses, siblings, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law; and (vi) A legal representative, heir, successor, or assign of any excluded person or entity. Also excluded from the Settlement Class will be any Persons who timely and validly seek exclusion from the Settlement Class in accordance with the requirements set by the Court.
The Settlement Hearing
The date of the hearing has been updated to September 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.The Settlement Hearing shall take place before the United States District Judge William J. Martini, in Courtroom MLK 4B at the Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 to determine: (i) Whether the Settlement, on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation, should be finally approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) Whether the Litigation should be dismissed on the merits and with prejudice as the Defendants; (iii) Whether the Court should permanently enjoin the assertion of any claims that arise from or relate to the subject matter of the Litigation; (iv) Whether the application for attorneys’ fees and expenses to be submitted by Lead Counsel should be approved; (v) Whether the Plan of Allocation is fair and reasonable to the members of the Settlement Class; (vi) Whether the application for a Compensatory Award to be submitted on behalf of Lead Plaintiffs Dr. Scott Greenbaum and Joshua Mailey and Plaintiff Alejandro Pieroni should be approved; and (vii) Such other matters as the Court may deem necessary or appropriate.
Any updates and/or changes to the scheduling of the Settlement Hearing will be posted on this website. The Court may adjourn or continue the Settlement Hearing without further notice to members of the Settlement Class.
Further Information
This website and the Notice summarize the Settlement. For more details regarding the Settlement please reference the Stipulation of Settlement, and other documents filed in the case under the “Court Documents” link above. You may also contact the Claims Administrator or Lead Counsel for further information regarding the Settlement:
Claims Administrator:
HUMANIGEN INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION
Claims Administrator
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 173107
Milwaukee, WI 53217
(877) 354-3785
info@HumanigenSecuritiesLitigation.com
HUMANIGEN INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION
Claims Administrator
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 173107
Milwaukee, WI 53217
(877) 354-3785
info@HumanigenSecuritiesLitigation.com
Lead Counsel:
Adam M. Apton, Esq.
LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP
33 Whitehall Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10004
aapton@zlk.com
Adam M. Apton, Esq.
LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP
33 Whitehall Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10004
aapton@zlk.com
Lead Counsel:
Jeremy A. Lieberman, Esq.
POMERANTZ LLP
600 3rd Avenue
New York, New York 10016
jalieberman@pomlaw.com
Jeremy A. Lieberman, Esq.
POMERANTZ LLP
600 3rd Avenue
New York, New York 10016
jalieberman@pomlaw.com
This website and the Notice summarize the Settlement. For more details regarding the Settlement please reference the Settlement
Agreement, or other documents filed in the case under “Court Documents” in the navigation at the top. You may also contact the Claims
Administrator or Lead Counsel for further information regarding the Settlement: