Corcept Therapeutics to pay $14M in settlement of class action litigation

Corcept Therapeutics announced that it has reached a preliminary settlement of all claims in the purported securities class action against Corcept and certain of its executive officers captioned Melucci v. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-01372-LHK, which was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Under the proposed settlement, Corcept has agreed to make a one-time payment of $14M, which will be covered in full by Corcept’s insurers.