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November 10, 2020

BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On October 22, 2020, First American Financial Corp. (NYSE: FAF) shocked the market when it disclosed that in September, it had received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informing First American that the SEC had made a preliminary determination to recommend a filing of an enforcement action against First American. The action recommended by the SEC pertains to the adequacy of disclosures First American made during the second quarter of 2019 relating to a massive data breach at the Company. This news stunned the market, causing First American shares to plummet by approximately 9% in one day.

A lawsuit has been filed against First American and certain of its executives in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The lawsuit is captioned Floyd v. First Am. Fin. Corp., et al., No. 2:20-cv-09781 (C.D. Cal.). The suit alleges that in May 2019, news broke that First Americans website had been breached, leading to hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003 being leaked. The digitized records were reported to have included bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, drivers license images, and more. In addition to the SECs investigation and recommended enforcement action, state authorities in at least New York and Massachusetts are also investigating First American, and the New York Department of Financial Services has filed a statement of charges against the Company and scheduled an administrative hearing in connection therewith.

If you purchased or acquired shares of First American common stock between February 17, 2017 and October 22, 2020 and lost money, you are strongly encouraged to contact the nationally-recognized securities law firm Block & Leviton LLP (www.blockleviton.com) at (617) 398-5600, via email at cases@blockleviton.com, or at https://www.blockleviton.com/cases/faf. The deadline to move the Court to be appointed lead plaintiff is December 24, 2020.

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