Legal Opinion

In Re Nutrisystem, Inc. Derivative Litigation

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 26, 2009No. Civil Action 07-4565PublishedCited by 12 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This is a derivative action involving NutriSystem, Inc. (“NutriSystem”), a publicly-traded company that sells weight management products. NutriSystem’s share price fell markedly on October 3, 2007, when the company announced a lowered earnings forecast as a result of competition from Alii, an over-the-counter anti-obesity drug produced by GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) and released in June 2007. Several lawsuits were filed in this district within a month of this drop in share price, each alleging, among other claims, that NutriSystem and its management made false…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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  3. Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Aronson v. LewisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
  5. Ross v. BernhardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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