Securities Fraud Claims Trimmed In Class Suit Against COVID Vaccine Contractor

(September 14, 2023, 7:51 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland has partially granted and partially denied a motion to dismiss securities fraud claims leveled against a COVID-19 vaccine contractor that experienced contamination issues at its Bayview, Md., manufacturing facility and several of its executives, dismissing reported-results fraud and internal-controls fraud claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 but allowing business operations fraud claims under Section 10(b) to survive for alleged material misstatements made between July 6, 2020, and May 19, 2021....