First Circuit· 10/8/1999

Greebel v. FTP Software, Inc.

Citations

194 F.3d 185
1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 25211
1999 WL 902898

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

recognizing that “there is nothing inherently improper in pressing for sales to be made earlier than in the normal course [of business]”
concluding that standard under Reform Act is “congruent and consistent” with standard under Rule 9(b)
holding that “to support even a reasonable inference of scienter ... the complaint must describe the violations with sufficient particularity”
concluding that “the words of the [PSLRA] neither mandate nor prohibit the use of any particular method to establish an inference of scienter.”
holding that the PSLRA imposes a more rigorous pleading standard than applied by any of the Courts of Appeals prior to the enactment of the statute
holding that channel stuffing does not support a \strong inference” of scienter because \there may be any number of legitimate reasons for attempting to achieve sales earlier”

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Judges: Torruella, Noonan, Lynch

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