In Re Openwave Systems Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation

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• noting that one would expect some percentage of option grants to be priced at the lowest or near lowest price of any given month based on general probabilities
• granting a motion to dismiss for failure to make demand for claims alleging violations based on purported stock option backdating for similar deficiencies in the pleadings
• timely filing of Form 4 “diminish[es] the ability to infer backdating from the allegations of plaintiffs’ Complaint”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• King v. VeriFone Holdings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-01-28· cited 45×
• Conrad v. Blank
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-09-07· cited 32×
• Johnston v. Box
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-13· cited 30×
• Patel v. Parnes
  C.D. California· 2008-05-19· cited 25×
• King v. VeriFone Holdings, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-05-12· cited 13×
• Rudolph v. UTStarcom
  N.D. California· 2008-04-14· cited 12×
• In Re Keithley Instruments, Inc., Derivative Litigation
  N.D. Ohio· 2008-03-21· cited 12×
• In Re Finisar Corp. Derivative Litigation
  N.D. California· 2008-01-11· cited 7×
• In re Polycom, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2015-01-13· cited 6×
• Edmonds v. Getty
  W.D. Washington· 2007-12-05· cited 4×
• In Re MIPS Technologies, Inc. Derivative Litigation
  N.D. California· 2008-01-11

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Lopez v. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-02-10· cited 9,722×
• Davis v. Scherer
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-16· cited 2,605×
• Mullis v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-09-24· cited 2,181×
• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Sterling Usher v. City of Los Angeles, Richard A. Gonzales, Michael E. Melton, Jose E. Ramirez, Joe Rios, and Robert L. Vann
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-09-21· cited 1,059×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-08-25· cited 794×
• Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-23· cited 768×
• Kramer v. Time Warner Inc
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-27· cited 603×
• Parrino v. FHP, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-06-12· cited 530×
• Mgic Indemnity Corporation v. Lawrence I. Weisman, Thomas P. Dunn, L.N. Nevels, Jr., and Henry K.F. Kersting
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-12-05· cited 441×
• Beam Ex Rel. M. Stewart Living v. Stewart
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-03-31· cited 368×
• Ryan v. Gifford
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-02-06· cited 156×
• United States v. City of Redwood City, California and Albert v. Pinotti, Individually and Dba the People's Police Patrol
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-02-23· cited 155×
• Seminaris v. Landa
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1995-05-02· cited 62×
• In Re CNET Networks, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation
  N.D. California· 2007-04-11· cited 34×
• In Re Calpine Corporation Securities Litigation
  N.D. California· 2003-08-28· cited 31×
• In re Nuko Information Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation
  N.D. California· 2000-06-19· cited 14×
• In Re First Bancorp Derivative Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2006-01-08· cited 4×