Litigation Crystallisation: From Risk to Active Proceeding#

DOW confronts an abrupt transition from contingent legal risk to active securities litigation as the lead plaintiff deadline for consolidated class actions expired on October twenty-eight, 2025. Five separate law firms—Levi & Korsinsky, Pomerantz Law Firm, Schall Law Firm, DJS Law Group, and Bronstein Gewirtz & Grossman—filed class action complaints and institutional investor solicitations on identical dates, signalling a coordinated market response to DOW's July dividend collapse and subsequent revelations of management forecasting failures. The lead plaintiff deadline, which the company had flagged in its October twenty-third earnings release as occurring "five days away," has now closed, determining which institutional investors will shoulder litigation leadership and establishing baseline damages expectations. This crystallisation transforms litigation from a forward-looking disclosure item to an immediate governance crisis with quantifiable discovery obligations, executive distraction, and contingent financial exposure.