Siracusano v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., No. 06-15677

In a securities fraud action alleging that defendant failed to disclose material information regarding its cold remedy drug, Zicam, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where: 1) in relying on the statistical significance standard to determine materiality, the district court made a decision that should have been left to the trier of fact; and 2) the inference that defendants withheld information intentionally or with deliberate recklessness was at least as compelling as the inference that they withheld the information innocently.

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Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2009

Filed October 28, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Tashima

Counsel

For Appellant:

Joseph D. Daley, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA

For Appellees:

Michael G. Yoder, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA