In Re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation

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• holding complaint stated actionable misstatement where bank's representations allegedly gave impression that its holdings were insulated from certain risks when other allegations established that such holdings were \directly at risk\
• inferring strong inference of scienter where it was alleged that a company was internally acting to address certain risks but concurrently the company was continuing to mislead investors about the significant problems associated with those risks
• “Allegations sufficient to plead scienter for the purposes of primary liability pursuant to Section 10(b) ‘necessarily satisfy’ the culpable participation pleading requirement for Section 20(a
• “[plaintiffs cannot rely on assertions that the information presented by confidential witnesses was known or common knowledge within the company; these assertions are too vague and conclusory to support a finding” of scienter
• “Plaintiffs cannot rely on assertions that the information presented by confidential witnesses was known or common knowledge within the company; these assertions are too vague and conclusory to support” an inference of scienter
• strong inference of scienter satisfied when, inter alia, plaintiffs identified a specific “March 2007 report from Citigroup’s quantitative credit strategy and analysis group allegedly describing] the risks the subprime meltdown posed to the holders of CDO super senior tranches.”

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