Hick has scored more first-class runs than any other current player in an 18-year career at Worcestershire, hitting 121 centuries in 440 matches.

BBC: Hick extends contract

Even before the current crisis, the number of securities class-action suits filed during the first half of the year rose by more than 100% over the same period for the preceding year, according to a recent report by Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse.

FORBES: Financial Crisis, Legal Boom