In re Intelligroup Securities Litigation
Decision Date | 13 November 2007 |
Docket Number | Civil Action No. 04-1980 (GEB). |
Citation | In re Intelligroup Securities Litigation, 527 F.Supp.2d 262 (D. N.J. 2007) |
Parties | In re INTELLIGROUP SECURITIES LITIGATION. |
Court | U.S. District Court — District of New Jersey |
Joseph J. Depalma, Esq., Lite, Depalma, Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, and Gary S. Graifman, Esq., Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, Esqs., Montvale, NJ, and Lisa J. Rodriguez, Esq., Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLP, Haddonfield, NJ, and Jean-Marc Zimmerman, Esq., Zimmerman, Levi & Korsinsky LLP, Westfield, NJ, and Steven J. Toll, Esq., Daniel S. Sommers, Esq., Joseph Helm, Esq., and Matthew K. Handley, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, for PlaintiffsLydia Garcia, Senthilnathan Narayanan, Robert Farber and the class of all others similarly situated, as well as Consolidated PlaintiffsVijayan Bhadrakshan, Ron G. Pecunia, Joseph Ackerman, Rudina I. Sihweil, George E. Amos, Isa S. Sihweil and the class of all others similarly situated.
Dennis J. Drasco, Esq. and Kevin J. O'Connor, Esq., Lum, Danzis, Drasco & Positan, LLC, Roseland, NJ, and Darryl W. Simpkins, Esq. and Victoria Curtis Bramson, Esq., Simpkins & Simpkins, LLC, Hillsborough, NJ, and Donald A. Robinson, Esq., Robinson & Livelli, Esqs., Newark, NJ, and J. Allen Maines, Esq., Summer B. Joseph, Esq., and Albert M. Myers, Esq., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, Atlanta, GA, and Grant Fondo, Esq., William S. Freeman, Esq., and Richard D. North, Esq., Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants Intelligroup, Arjun Valluripalli(also known as Arjun Valluri), Nicholas Visco, Edward Carr and David J. Distel.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants' motions (collectively "Motions") to dismiss the Plaintiffs' Third Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint ("Complaint") pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 9(b) and 12(b)(6), and the Private Securities, Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("Reform Act" or "PSLRA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78u-4, et seq.For the reasons discussed below, Defendants' Motions are GRANTED, and Plaintiffs' Complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
Plaintiffs, investors who purchased the common stock of Defendant Intelligroup ("Intelligroup" or "Company," or "Issuer") during forty months between May 1, 2001, through and including September 24, 2004("Class Period"), brought this securities fraud class action alleging that Defendants defrauded them by artificially inflating the value of the stock through false and misleading statements disseminated into the investing community.SeeCompl. (Docket Entry No. 53)at 1.
The litigation was initiated on October 12, 2004, seeDocket EntryNo. 1, when the first of six class action complaints was filed with the Court.On August 10, 2005, all six actions were consolidated into the instant action.SeeDocket EntryNo. 24.On October 10, 2005, Plaintiffs filed their joint Amended Complaint ("Original Complaint") against the Issuer and four former officers of the Issuer, two of whom were Defendants Valluripalli ("Valluri") and Visco ("Visco").SeeDocket EntryNo. 31.On December 5, 2005, certain Defendants filed their motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' Original Complaint.SeeDocket EntryNo. 3.On February 10, 2006, Plaintiffs' Second (Amended) Complaint ("Second Complaint") was filed against the Issuer and Defendants Valluri and Visco, with all claims against the other two officers being dismissed.SeeDocket EntryNo. 39.On March 27, 2006, Defendants filed their ...
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