Panel: Court Properly Ruled That Securities Claims Were Barred By Precedent

Mealey's (September 13, 2016, 12:41 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal district court did not err in dismissing a securities class action lawsuit against home security company The ADT Corp., its CEO and others because shareholder claims are barred pursuant to precedent and because the shareholders failed to plead any material misrepresentation or scienter, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a per curiam opinion filed Sept. 9 (IBEW Local 595 Pension and Money Purchase Pension Plans, et al. v. The ADT Corp., et al., No. 15-13595, 11th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16454)....