Investors’ Scienter Claims Fall Short In Securities Lawsuit, Judge Rules

(April 14, 2017, 12:56 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — Shareholders in a securities class action lawsuit against a for-profit higher education provider and certain of its current and former executive officers have failed to plead scienter in making their federal securities law claims, a federal judge in California ruled April 5 in dismissing a second amended complaint (Nelda Zamir v. Bridgepoint Education Inc., et al., No. 15-408, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52573)....