Vineet Parekh, et al. v. Avalara Inc., et al.

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 VINEET PAREKH, et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-01580-TMC 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 9 CLASS CERTIFICATION v. 10 AVALARA INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Plaintiffs were investors in Defendant Avalara, Inc. (“Avalara”), a company that develops 16 tax compliance software, who allege that Avalara and its officers understated the company’s 17 success and caused it to be sold to Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (“Vista”) in October 18 2022 at $93.50 per share, a price Plaintiffs…