( November 3, 2026, 2:12 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Pension funds appealed to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a federal judge’s dismissal of their putative securities fraud class action against a clinical development and commercialization services company and certain of its former executives for allegedly misrepresenting the profitability of contracts awarded before the company was spun off from another company and its plans to reduce operational expenses....