Opinion
14-CV-6038 (VEC) 14-CV-6182 (VEC) 14-CV-6939 (VEC)
03-04-2016
ZUBAIR PATEL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC., MICHAEL T. STRIANESE, and RALPH G. D'AMBROSIO, Defendants, ALAN NGUYEN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC., MICHAEL T. STRIANESE, and RALPH G. D'AMBROSIO, Defendants. CARMEN VALENTINO, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC., MICHAEL T. STRIANESE, and RALPH G. D'AMBROSIO, Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER :
WHEREAS on April 24, 2015, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint in (SCAC) the cases captioned above; and
WHEREAS the parties appeared for oral argument on March 4, 2016;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that no later than March 10, 2016, the parties must submit supplemental letter briefs, no more than five pages long, addressing whether the SCAC adequately alleges that all of the employees who were fired in connection with the accounting irregularities engaged in intentional misconduct and, if so, whether the scienter of one or more of those former employees can be imputed to L-3, given their managerial positions at Aerospace Systems.
SO ORDERED.
Date: March 4, 2016
New York, New York
/s/ _________
VALERIE CAPRONI
United States District Judge