Shareholder Alert: Robbins LLP Announces That Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) is Being Sued for Misleading Shareholders

SAN DIEGO & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shareholder rights law firm Robbins LLP announces that on October 5, 2020, a purchaser of Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG) filed a class action complaint for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 between October 23, 2015 and June 12, 2020. Cabot is an independent oil and gas company primarily operating in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale.

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Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) Sued for Faulty Gas Wells and Water Pollution

According to the complaint, Cabot failed to disclose and made misleading statements surrounding the company's inadequate environmental controls and procedures, including its failure to fix faulty gas wells resulting in the pollution of local PA water supplies. Cabot consistently downplayed the potential civil and criminal liabilities that could result, despite the likelihood that these accusations would lead to serious governmental scrutiny and financial harm. On July 26, 2019, Cabot filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2019, disclosing that the company had received two notices of violation from the PA Department of Environmental Protection in June and November of 2017, for failing to prevent the migration of gas into local fresh groundwater sources. On this news, Cabot's shares fell 12.07% the same day. Then, on June 15, 2020, following a grand jury investigation, the PA attorney general's office charged Cabot with fifteen criminal counts related to the company's failure to fix faulty gas wells and the resulting water pollution. On this news, Cabot's shares fell 3.34%, closing at $19.40 per share on June 15, 2020.

Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) Shareholders Have Legal Options

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