Should plaintiffs lawyers have to name a specific executive with fraudulent intent in order to proceed with a shareholder securities fraud suit against the company, or is it enough to hold a firm to account if any employee had the requisite guilty knowledge?
Federal appeals courts have conflicting opinions about whether fraudulent intent must be determined by the state of mind of individual corporate officials or whether the collective knowledge of a corporation’s employees will suffice.
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