Somerville v. Major Exploration, Inc.

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• defendant must be seller’s agent, controlling person of the seller, or active participant in the sale
• “The existence of a related action in the transferee district is a strong factor to be weighed in the interest of judicial economy.”
• “The moving party must make a clear showing to justify a change of venue.”
• “A complaint based upon information and belief survives a motion to dismiss under Rule 9(b) so long as the pleading includes a statement of facts upon which the belief is founded.”
• requiring time, place, and content of alleged misrepresentations
• individual identifications of corporate insiders unnecessary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).