In re BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. Securities Litigation

*1303ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AND MOTION FOR HEARING

URSULA UNGARO, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Defendants’ Motion for Sanctions. (D.E. 698.) Also before the Court is Defendants’ Request for Oral Argument and Evidentiary Hearing on Motion for Sanctions. (D.E. 699.) The Motions are fully briefed and are ripe for review.

THE COURT has considered the Motions and the pertinent portions of the record and is otherwise fully advised in the premises.

I. Procedural Background1

Plaintiffs are the class of individuals who purchased the common stock of Defendant BankAtlantic Bancorp,…