In Hawkins v. Borsy, No. 1:05-cv-1256–LMB-JFA, 2018 WL 793599 (E.D. Va. Feb. 8, 2018), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted corporate affiliates (“Respondents”) of MediaTechnik Kft. (“MediaTechnik”) motion to vacate, the district court’s decision granting William Hawkins (“Hawkins”), Eric Keller, Thomas Zato, Kristof Gabor, and Justin Panchley (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) default judgment against Laszlo Borsy (“Borsy”), Mediaware Corporation (“Mediaware”), MediaTechnik, i-TV, and Peterfia Kft. (“Peterfia”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Read MoreIn In re Psychemedics Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 17-cv-10186-RGS, 2017 BL 399136 (D. Mass. Nov. 07, 2017), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Psychemedics Corp. (“Psychemedics”) and Raymond Kubacki’s (“Kubacki”), Psychemedics’ Chief Executive Officer, (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in a putative class action brought by Mary Kathleen Hermann on behalf of all of those who purchased Psychemedics common stock between February 10, 2014 and January 31, 2017 (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Based on Plaintiffs’ failure to allege facts sufficient to support an inference of scienter, the court granted dismissal of the claims alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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