Legal Opinion

Fire and Police Pension Assoc v. Abiomed, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 6, 2015No. 14-1502PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Not all claims of wrongdoing by a company make out a viable claim that the company has committed securities fraud. This case is an example.

Institutional investors, asserting claims on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of the stock of defendant Abiomed, Inc., 1 brought suit against Abiomed and two of its officers, Michael Minogue and Robert Bowen, alleging that all defendants committed securities fraud in violation of section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and SEC Rule 10b — 5; and that the individual defendants violated section…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  4. Valerie Watterson v. Eileen PageCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by87 opinions

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