In re PE Corporation Securities Litigation

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER

SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.

The lead plaintiffs, David Berlin and Vinh Voung, on behalf of a class consisting of all persons other than defendants who purchased the common stock of PE Corporation Celera Genomics Group (“Celera” or the “Company”) in a secondary public offering of Celera common stock conducted by PE Corporation (“PE”) on or about February 29, 2000 (the “secondary offering”), commenced this securities class action against the defendants, PE and certain officers and directors, alleging that they violated sections 11,…