BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P. v. CELERA CORP.

No. C 13-03248 WHA.

12 F.Supp.3d 1194 (2013)

BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., Investment 10, L.L.C., BVF Investments, L.L.C.; BVF Inc., and BVF X, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. CELERA CORPORATION, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Kathy Ordoñez, Richard H. Ayers, Jean-Luc Belingard, William G. Green, Peter Barton Hutt, Gail M. Naughton, Wayne I. Roe, and Bennett M. Shapiro, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Filed December 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Leppla, Joy Ann Kruse, Richard Martin Heimann, Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Franciso, CA, Michael J. Miarmi, Lieff Cabraser Heimann Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, Plaintiffs.

Stephen D. Hibbard, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA, Andrew Zachary Lipson, Sara Ann Ricciardi, Brian Howard Polovoy, Shearman and Sterling LLP, New York, NY, Grant Edward Strother, Neal Alan Potischman, William D. Pollak, Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

WILLIAM ALSUP, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

INTRODUCTION

In this action asserting claims under federal securities law and state law, defendants filed two motions to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). To the extent stated below, both motions are GRANTED.

STATEMENT

The essence of this case is that a public company was acquired by a purchaser and certain former shareholders...

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