The securities class action (along with another securities fraud case) against the former executives of Suprema Specialties, a bankrupt cheese manufacturer, have been dismissed by Judge William Walls of the D. of N.J. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that testimony and evidence in the related bankruptcy case raised questions about the validity of the company’s “hard cheese” sales, but Judge Walls held that the allegations of fictitious sales in the securities fraud cases lacked details and failed to meet the applicable pleading standards.
Quote of note: “‘The complaints certainly paint a picture of a company which was troubled and ultimately failed, a picture where, perhaps, something smelled a little funny,’ Walls wrote in his June 25 decision. ‘But the complaints lack the factual specificity demanded by (securities fraud law) and may not be so maintained.'”
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