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CaseNo: DLCAL183448, CourtName: CLASS ACTION CASES, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>DLCAL183448, Digital Link, Motion, Stock, Dismiss, Complaint, Class Action, Gupta, W/atm Gateway Product, Securities, Kazmierczak, Declaration, Support Thereof, Cir, Memorandum, Reform Act, California, W/atm Gateway, Eai, Allegations, Turbow, United States, Palmer, Class Certification, Shares, Authorities, Digital Link Corporation, Mot, Bespeaks Caution, Exhibit, Facts, State Bar, Litig, Sales, Daniel, Price, Class Period, Class Members, Entry, Discovery, District Court, Supp, Torkelsen Declaration, Report , ContentID: 120249649

Case Documents
1   REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE 2
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2   REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING
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9 pages
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3   OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B TORKELSEN
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8 pages
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4   MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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21 pages
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5   MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
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16 pages
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6   MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING CLASS DISCOVERY
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8 pages
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7   DECLARATION OF JOHN K
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8   DECLARATION OF DANIEL W
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9   DECLARATION DANIEL W
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10   COMPLAINT A
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11   AMENDED COMPLAINT
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13 1999-09-03 COMPLAINT B
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14 1999-03-17 DOCKET
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15 1998-02-20 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER
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16 1997-04-18 SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE
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17 1997-04-18 SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF DANIEL W TURBOW
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18 1997-04-18 REPLY MEMO IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STRIKE
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19 1997-04-18 REPLY MEMO IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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20 1997-04-18 MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B TORKELSEN
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21 1997-04-18 DECLARATION OF DANIEL W
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22 1997-02-21 STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO BE APPOINTED
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23 1997-02-21 REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE
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24 1997-02-21 MOTION TO DISMISS
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25 1997-02-21 DECLARATION OF DANIEL W
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Total Documents: 25 documents , 267 pages
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1 . REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE 2

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS
TIME PERIOD
JUDICIAL NOTICE
COURT
MOTION
DANIEL
COMPLAINT
DIGITAL LINK
FILINGS
DISMISS
REQUEST
TIMOTHY
STATE BAR
REPORT
CIR
MOORE
CHARLES
AVIS
GREGORY
SCHAPIRA
MOREY
BERRY
BENJAMIN
TONI BELLIN
KAZMIERCZAK
STANLEY
MONTGOMERY
PALMER
VINITA GUPTA
   STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
   TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
   DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
   WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
   Professional Corporation
   650 Page Mill Road
   Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
   Telephone: (415) 493-9300

   Attorneys for Defendants
   VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
   TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
   KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
   BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
   CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION

                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                      NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

                             SAN JOSE DIVISION

   GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
   and All Others Similarly Situated,

                         Plaintiff,

              v.

   DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA
   GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY
   K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
   KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,
   BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.
   SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and
   CHARLES R. MOORE,

                         Defendants.
   ________________________________________

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SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE UNDER FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE 201
  • This Request for Judicial Notice is submitted in support of defendants' Motion to Dismiss
  • This Court may take judicial notice of Digital Link's filings with the United States
  • Corp. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 504 (9th Cir.
  • Exhibit B:
  • Digital Link's report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
  • Forms 3 and 4 for Gregory M. Avis for the time period of January 1994-October 1994.

  • 2 . REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFF
    COURT
    MOTION
    DISCOVERY
    CLASS CERTIFICATION
    DISMISS
    GENNA
    LOCAL RULES
    RULING
    PARALLEL STATE
    CERTIFYING
    PRIOR
    CLASS MEMBERS
    PURSUING
    DISTRICT COURT
    PRECLUSIVE EFFECT
    LITIGATION
    CALIFORNIA
    WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH
    STATE BAR
    REFORM ACT
    SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    POTENTIAL CLASS MEMBERS
    CLASS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES
    PLAINTIFF ARGUES
    BURDENSOME COURSE
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    NORTHERN DISTRICT
    UNITED STATES
    
       STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
       TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
       DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
       WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
       Professional Corporation
       650 Page Mill Road
       Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
       Telephone: (415) 493-9300
    
       Attorneys for Defendants
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  v.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
    
    
    
    
       ________________________________________
    
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    SNIPPETS:
  • WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
  • DEFENDANTS' REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING CLASS DISCOVERY OR, IN THE
  • In pursuing his strategy of maintaining parallel state and federal litigation, plaintiff made
  • While his state claims could have been asserted as pendent claims in this action, he chose to
  • This Court should decline plaintiff's invitation.
  • the defendants are entitled to whatever preclusive effect this Court's ruling on the
  • This Court need not determine that preclusive effect; that question will be answered by the
  • It is instead simply whether class certification (and any discovery defendants need to oppose
  • This can be achieved in either of two ways: allowing defendants to depose Mr. Genna to be
  • his opposition rests on the assumption that defendants should bear the risk of one-way
  • Preliminarily, plaintiff argues that by filing their motion to dismiss before a class had
  • the trial court simultaneously faced a myriad of factual issues pertaining to summary
  • Thus, the ruling of the Ninth Circuit was limited to the proposition that "here the defendant
  • Likewise, plaintiff believes that certain changes in the Local Rules for the Northern
  • See Medhekar v. United States Dist.
  • Plaintiff argues that it would be "impracticable" to proceed with class certification
  • The only plausible explanation for the sudden impracaticability of class certification is

  • 3 . OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B TORKELSEN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    MATERIALITY
    BESPEAKS CAUTION
    TORKELSEN DECLARATION
    DISMISS
    MISREPRESENTATIONS
    PLAINTIFF
    COMPLAINT
    STRIKE
    CIR
    BESPEAKS CAUTION DOCTRINE
    COURT
    SAN FRANCISCO
    JOHN
    CIRCUIT
    OPPOSITION
    WORLDS
    LAW
    BESPEAKS CAUTION DEFENSE
    ASSERTING
    DIGITAL LINK
    SALES
    RELIANCE
    PRICE
    CALIFORNIA
    LERACH LLP
    PROJECTIONS
    EMPHASIS
    INSISTENCE
    
    
       MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
         HYNES & LERACH LLP
       JOHN E. GRASBERGER (89774)
       JOHN K. GRANT (169813)
       222 Kearny Street, 10th Floor
       San Francisco, CA 94108
       Telephone: 415/288-4545
            - and -
       WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
       600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
       San Diego, CA 92101
       Telephone: 619/231-1058
    
       SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD.
       RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
       Three Bala Plaza East
       Suite 400
       Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
       Telephone: 610/667-7706
    
       Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  vs.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
       ___________________________________
    
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  • MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD HYNES & LERACH LLP JOHN E. GRASBERGER
  • San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF
  • Plaintiff respectfully files this memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to
  • By asserting a bespeaks caution defense, the defendants have put the materiality of the
  • Fecht v. Price Co., 70 F.3d 1078, 1081 (9th Cir.
  • In response to defendants' Motion to Dismiss, plaintiff filed an opposition, accompanied by
  • In contrast, however, with defendants' sketchy reliance on boilerplate disclosures,
  • Defendants' insistence, that the Torkelsen Declaration is irrelevant, is wrong, as is their
  • The Ninth Circuit has repeatedly recognized that the bespeaks caution doctrine is merely a
  • The Torkelsen Declaration is relevant and germane to the Motion to Dismiss because it:
  • The Torkelsen Declaration also examines the individual defendants' insider sales of Digital
  • "he 'bespeaks caution' doctrine has developed to address situations in which optimistic
  • Worlds of Wonder, 35 F.3d at 1414 (emphasis added).
  • Southern California Permanente Med.

  • 4 . MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DIGITAL LINK
    DEFENDANTS
    COMPLAINT
    COURT
    FACTS
    ALLEGATIONS
    ALLEGE
    GATEWAY
    FRAUD
    REPORTS
    INFERENCE
    SUPP
    MOTION
    REFORM ACT
    AVIS
    CLASS PERIOD
    KAZMIERCZAK
    FAC
    IMPROPERLY RECOGNIZED REVENUE
    TONI BELLIN
    MONTGOMERY
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    AUTHORITIES
    VINITA GUPTA
    CALIFORNIA
    SECURITIES FRAUD
    INSUFFICIENT
    MISLEADING
    PLEADING REQUIREMENTS
    
    
       STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
       TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
       DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
       WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
       Professional Corporation
       650 Page Mill Road
       Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
       Telephone: (650) 493-9300
    
       Attorneys for Defendants
       VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
       TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
       KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
       BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
       CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  v.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA
       GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY
       K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
       KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,
       BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.
       SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and
       CHARLES R. MOORE,
    
                             Defendants.
       ________________________________________
    
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    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; MEMORANDUM OF
  • THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO ALLEGE SPECIFIC FACTS TO CREATE A STRONG INFERENCE THAT DEFENDANTS HAD
  • Plaintiff Fails to Comply with the Court's Order
  • Plaintiff Pleads No Specific Facts Establishing That Defendants Knew of and Failed to
  • Plaintiff Has Failed to Allege Any Specific Facts To Showing That Digital Link Improperly
  • Plaintiffs Cannot Create a Strong Inference of Scienter Through Allegations of Motive and
  • 959 F. Supp.
  • The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
  • Defendants seek dismissal of the FAC with prejudice.
  • This Court decisively rejected plaintiff's first attempt as insufficient under the Private
  • The Court found that with respect to forward-looking statements, the Reform Act requires
  • Adopting the Reform Act's pleading requirements, the Court also found that the Corrected
  • plaintiff has added several paragraphs of alleged statements prior to the class period which
  • Second, plaintiff has added allegations that as early as the fall of 1994, the Company became
  • It is well settled that statements made prior to the alleged class period cannot form the

  • 5 . MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    DIGITAL LINK
    SECURITIES
    PLAINTIFF
    COURT
    MOTION
    CLASS CERTIFICATION
    CLASS MEMBERS
    SAN FRANCISCO
    UNITED STATES
    GRANT
    COMMON
    SUPPORT THEREOF
    SECURITIES LAWS
    JOHN
    LERACH LLP
    COMMON QUESTIONS
    AUTHORITIES
    CALIFORNIA
    DISTRICT COURT
    SCHIFFRIN
    MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
    INVESTORS
    REPRESENTATIVES
    MISREPRESENTATIONS
    CLASS TREATMENT
    MEMORANDUM
    BALA PLAZA EAST
    DIGITAL LINK STOCK
    
    
       MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
         HYNES & LERACH LLP
       JOHN E. GRASBERGER (89774)
       JOHN K. GRANT (169813)
       222 Kearny Street, 10th Floor
       San Francisco, CA 94108
       Telephone: 415/288-4545
            - and -
       WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
       600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
       San Diego, CA 92101
       Telephone: 619/231-1058
    
       SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD.
       RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
       Three Bala Plaza East
       Suite 400
       Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
       Telephone: 610/667-7706
    
       Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  vs.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
       ___________________________________
    
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    SNIPPETS:
  • MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD HYNES & LERACH LLP JOHN E. GRASBERGER
  • San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone:
  • SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD. RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
  • Three Bala Plaza East Suite 400 Bala Cynwyd,
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS
  • Securities Actions Are Particularly Appropriate For Class Treatment
  • There are Questions Of Law Or Fact Common To The Class Which Predominate Over Questions
  • A Class Action Is Superior To Other Available Methods For The Fair And Efficient Adjudication
  • The motion is based upon this Notice of Motion and Motion for Class Certification and
  • This action is brought against Digital Link and certain of Digital Link's officers and in communications with analysts.
  • Plaintiff and thousands of other investors suffered substantial damages because they bought
  • In a long and virtually unbroken line of cases, the Ninth Circuit and the district courts of
  • The necessity for class actions as a means of enforcement of the federal securities laws has
  • The Complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, the defendants made material
  • This action was brought against defendant Digital Link and certain of its officers and
  • Thus, while the exact number of Class members is unknown at this time and can only be
  • The commonality requirement is satisfied where common questions of law and fact are alleged.
  • First, the named representatives must appear able to prosecute the action vigorously through

  • 6 . MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING CLASS DISCOVERY

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CERTIFICATION
    COURT
    MOTION
    PLAINTIFF
    DISMISS
    DISCOVERY
    PARTIES
    DEPOSITION
    GENNA
    COST
    CLASS MEMBERS
    REFORM ACT
    STIPULATE
    RULING
    COMPLAINT
    PRIOR
    PRACTICE
    INTERVENTION
    RESOLUTION
    REQUEST
    CONGRESS
    FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
    PREJUDICE
    RESOLVING
    DIAMOND
    BROAD DISCRETION
    OPPOSE
    NAMED PLAINTIFF
    DIGITAL LINK
    
    
       STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
       TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
       DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
       WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
       Professional Corporation
       650 Page Mill Road
       Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
       Telephone: (415) 493-9300
    
       Attorneys for Defendants
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  v.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
    
    
    
       ________________________________________
    
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  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated,
  • Plaintiff,
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
  • DEFENDANTS' MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PROPRIETY OF TAKING CLASS DISCOVERY OR, IN THE
  • Defendants request that all class certification issues should be completed prior to the
  • On September 11, 1997, this Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's Corrected
  • Plaintiff has since filed his First Amended Complaint, and on February 20, 1998, defendants
  • this Court has allowed the parties to defer briefing schedule and arguing the propriety of
  • In order to ascertain whether to oppose plaintiff's motion for class certification,
  • Thus, defendants requested plaintiff's counsel to produce Genna for deposition, subject to
  • whether defendants may take the deposition of Genna prior the resolution of all motions to
  • Defendants believe that interests of judicial economy and fairness to all parties weigh
  • Defendants believe that plaintiffs should pay for notifying class members because it is an
  • Rule 23authorizes the court to "make appropriate orders" about the course of the proceedings;
  • This Court's broad discretion to manage class actions under Rule 23 means that the Court
  • As Judge Armstrong previously concluded in Diamond, certification at this stage of the case
  • The Court was persuaded that if a class were not certified, defendants would suffer great
  • Therefore, until a class is certified and notice goes out, defendants confront the prospect
  • Rule 23's procedures -- class certification, notice and an opt-out procedure were
  • Rep.") at 31.3 One of the concerns expressed by Congress was the "routine filing of lawsuits.
  • The obvious Congressional intent is to protect defendants from the unnecessary expense and
  • IN THE ALTERNATIVE DEFENDANTS HAVE OFFERED TO CONDITIONALLY STIPULATE TO CERTIFY A CLASS

  • 7 . DECLARATION OF JOHN K

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SAN FRANCISCO
    CALIFORNIA
    EXHIBIT
    JOHN
    UNITED STATES
    GRANT
    LERACH LLP
    MILBERG WEISS
    COURT
    SCHIFFRIN
    WEISS BERSHAD HYNES
    MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
    THEREOF
    FOREGOING
    PERJURY
    PENALTY
    RéSUM
    TESTIFY
    LAW
    MOTION
    SUPPORT
    DISTRICT
    PLAINTIFF
    ATTORNEYS
    BALA
    CRAIG
    THEREON FULLY PREPAID
    SEALED ENVELOPE
    UNITED STATES MAILBOX
    
    
       MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
         HYNES & LERACH LLP
       JOHN E. GRASBERGER (89774)
       JOHN K. GRANT (169813)
       222 Kearny Street, 10th Floor
       San Francisco, CA 94108
       Telephone: 415/288-4545
            - and -
       WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
       600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
       San Diego, CA 92101
       Telephone: 619/231-1058
    
       SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD.
       RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
       Three Bala Plaza East
       Suite 400
       Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
       Telephone: 610/667-7706
    
       Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  vs.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
       ___________________________________
    
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    SNIPPETS:
  • MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD HYNES & LERACH LLP JOHN E. GRASBERGER
  • SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD. RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
  • Three Bala Plaza East Suite 400 Bala Cynwyd,
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • DECLARATION OF JOHN K. GRANT IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR CLASS
  • I am an attorney associated with the law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP,
  • I am licensed to practice in California and before this Court.
  • I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and if called before this Court to
  • Exhibit A: Excerpts from Conference Report,
  • Résumé of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP.
  • Résumé of Schiffrin & Craig,
  • I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
  • Executed this 17th day of April, 1997, at San Francisco, California.
  • That on April 17, 1997, declarant served the DECLARATION OF JOHN K. GRANT IN SUPPORT OF

  • 8 . DECLARATION OF DANIEL W

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    HERETO
    TIME PERIOD
    REPORT
    DANIEL
    CALIFORNIA
    DECLARATION
    DEFENDANTS
    TIMOTHY
    SESS
    CONG
    LAW
    MOORE
    CHARLES
    AVIS
    GREGORY
    SCHAPIRA
    MOREY
    BERRY
    BENJAMIN
    TONI BELLIN
    KAZMIERCZAK
    STANLEY
    MONTGOMERY
    PALMER
    VINITA GUPTA
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    ROSATI
    GOODRICH
    SONSINI
    
    
       STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
       TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
       DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
       Professional Corporation
       650 Page Mill Road
       Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
       Telephone: (650) 493-9300
    
       Attorneys for Defendants
       VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
       TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
       KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
       BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
       CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  v.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA
       GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY
       K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
       KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,
       BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.
       SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and
       CHARLES R. MOORE,
    
                             Defendants.
       ________________________________________
    
       )
       )
       )
       )
       )
       )
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • DECLARATION OF DANIEL W. TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
  • I am an associate with the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel for
  • No. 104-369, 104th Cong., 1st Sess.
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Digital Link's report on Form 10-Q
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit L are true and correct copies of Forms 3 and 4 for Gregory M. Avis
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit O are true and correct copies of Forms 3 and 4 for Vinita Gupta

  • 9 . DECLARATION DANIEL W

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CALIFORNIA
    DEFENDANTS
    DANIEL
    LAW
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    ROSATI
    GOODRICH
    SONSINI
    WILSON
    TURBOW
    STATE BAR
    EXHIBIT
    HERETO
    COUNSEL
    CERTIFYING
    DISTRICT
    ATTORNEYS
    PALO ALTO
    TIMOTHY
    EPOST
    FOREGOING
    PERJURY
    PENALTY
    DRAFT PROPOSED STIPULATION
    ATTACHING
    SESS
    CONG
    CONF
    CONFERENCE REPORT
    
    
       STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
       TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
       DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
       Professional Corporation
       650 Page Mill Road
       Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
       Telephone: (415) 493-9300
    
       Attorneys for Defendants
       VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
       TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
       KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
       BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
       CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself
       and All Others Similarly Situated,
    
                             Plaintiff,
    
                  v.
    
       DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    
                             Defendants.
    
    
    
    
    
    
       ________________________________________
    
       )
       )
       )
       )
       )
       )
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • DECLARATION OF DANIEL W. TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MEMORANDUM REGARDING PROPRIETY OF
  • I am an associate with the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel of record
  • I submit this declaration based on personal knowledge, and if called as a witness, could and
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit A are true and correct copies of pages 1, 31-32, and 37 of the
  • No. 104-369, 104th Cong., 1st Sess.
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a letter I sent to plaintiff's
  • I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
  • File to epost from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

  • 10 . COMPLAINT A

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    STOCK
    DEFENDANTS
    SHARES
    CLASS ACTION
    PLAINTIFF
    GUPTA
    KAZMIERCZAK
    PALMER
    FUTURE BUSINESS PROSPECTS
    CALIFORNIA
    PRICE
    CLASS PERIOD
    SALES
    AVIS
    MONTGOMERY
    CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
    GATEWAY PRODUCT
    COMMON STOCK
    TONI BELLIN
    SAN JOSE DIVISION
    W/ATM GATEWAY PRODUCT
    CONNECTION THEREWITH
    STATES DISTRICT COURT
    OPERATIONS COMPARED THERETO
    POCKETING
    INSTANTLY SELLING
    OPERATING PLANS
    FORECASTS
    FRAUDULENT SCHEME
    
    
    MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
      HYNES & LERACH LLP
    WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
    ALAN SCHULMAN (128661)
    DARREN J. ROBBINS (168593)
    600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
    San Diego, CA  92101
    Telephone:  619/231-1058
         - and -
    JOHN E. GRASBERGER (89774)
    JOHN K. GRANT (169813)
    222 Kearny Street, 10th Floor
    San Francisco, CA  94108
    Telephone: 415/288-4545
    
    SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD.
    RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
    Three Bala Plaza East
    Suite 400
    Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004
    Telephone:  610/667-7706
    
    Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
    
                       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                      NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                             SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself  ) Civ. No. 96-CV-20867-RMW-EAI
    and All Others Similarly Situated,  )
                                        ) CLASS ACTION
                        Plaintiff,      )
                                        ) COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF
         vs.                            ) THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
                                        ) OF 1934
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA    )
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY K. )
    MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E. KAZMIERCZAK, )
    TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W. BERRY,     )
    MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS  )
    and CHARLES R. MOORE,               )
                                        )
                        Defendants.     ) Plaintiff Demands A
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • This is a class action on behalf of all persons who
  • purchased the common stock of Digital Link Corporation ("Digital
  • Plaintiff seeks recovery for defendants, violations of the Federal Securities Laws,
  • Digital Link stock during the Class Period.
  • otherwise dispose of 1,363,184 shares of their own Digital Link
  • price of Digital Link stock collapsed back to about $8 per share.
  • announced the introduction of Digital Link's W/ATM GateWay product.
  • per share, pocketing another $4.9 million.
  • When forced to disclose that sales of Digital Link's
  • Defendant Vinita Gupta
  • Officer and President, Daniel L. Palmer, had "resigned" to "pursue
  • However, in an interview with Dow Jones, defendant Stanley Kazmierczak admitted that Digital
  • Individual defendants Gupta, Palmer, Montgomery,
  • Moore and Avis reside in and are citizens of the State
  • Assignment of this action to the San Jose Division is
  • Digital Link common stock on April 21,
  • finances, products, markets and present and future business prospects via access to internal
  • reports and other information provided to her in connection therewith.
  • operating plans, budgets and forecasts and reports of actual operations compared thereto),
  • During the Class Period and as part of the fraudulent scheme,
  • per share and then instantly selling the shares for a huge,
  • Defendant Toni Bellin was, at all relevant times, Vice President, Operations, of the Company.

  • 11 . AMENDED COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    STOCK
    W/ATM GATEWAY PRODUCT
    W/ATM GATEWAY
    GUPTA
    KAZMIERCZAK
    PALMER
    SALES
    REVENUES
    REPORT
    EPS
    SHARES
    BUSINESS
    MARKET
    PRICE
    EXCHANGE ACT
    COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
    CLASS PERIOD
    ATM
    EXECUTIVES
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    CLASS ACTION
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    FULLY LOADED CAPACITY
    INTERNAL CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
    CORPORATE OFFICERS
    GROSS MARGINS
    PREMISEWAY PRODUCTS
    OPERATIONS COMPARED THERETO
    
       MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
    
       HYNES & LERACH LLP
    
       WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
    
       PATRICK J. COUGHLIN (111070)
    
       600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
    
       San Diego, CA 92101
    
       Telephone: 619/231-1058
    
       - and -
    
       JOHN K. GRANT (169813)
    
       222 Kearny Street, 10th Floor
    
       San Francisco, CA 94108
    
       Telephone: 415/288-4545
    
       SCHIFFRIN & CRAIG, LTD.
    
       RICHARD S. SCHIFFRIN
    
       Three Bala Plaza East
    
       Suite 400
    
       Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
    
       Telephone: 610/667-7706
    
       Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                          NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                                 SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
       GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself and All
    
       Others Similarly Situated,
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L.
  • This is a class action on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Digital Link
  • This action complains of a scheme and course of business that operated as a fraud or deceit nued strong gross profit margins during 1995-1996, while reporting false financial results,
  • These false statements artificially inflated the price of Digital Link stock from $7-3/4 to
  • In addition, defendants wanted to create an ongoing trading market in Digital Link's stock so
  • The W/ATM GateWay program had been initiated by Digital Link to develop a low-speed ATM
  • When "Fully Loaded Capacity" testing was attempted later in the 4thQ 95, the software defect
  • Because of these design and operational problems, the defendants knew that Digital Link's
  • By the beginning of the Class Period, defendants intended, by misrepresenting the state of
  • While Digital Link's insiders were unloading these shares, they knew that the Company was
  • Then, in 12/94, defendants learned that when "Beta Testing" of the W/ATM PremiseWay product M GateWay or PremiseWay products, meaning that Digital Link would not receive significant revenue
  • Vinita Gupta, Digital Link's CEO, was quoted as stating: "Third quarter results continue to
  • Digital Link also disclosed that its COO and President, Daniel L. Palmer, had "resigned" to
  • However, in an interview with Dow Jones, Stanley Kazmierczak, Digital Link's CFO, admitted
  • Kazmierczak also stated there was a "modest slowing" of Digital Link's business in the United
  • Due to Digital Link's many contacts in Europe, the Individual Defendants knew that European
  • Digital Link never introduced the W/ATM GateWay product as an ATM switch, as the software
  • Because of Gupta's position with the Company, she had access to the adverse non-public s thereof and via reports and other information provided to her in connection therewith.
  • One of the 1994 objectives that determined the bonuses paid to Digital Link's executives was
  • Erickson repeated what Gupta and Palmer told him in a Wessels Arnold report dated 8/9/94,

  • 13 . COMPLAINT B

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    THC
    DEFENDANTS
    PLAINTIFF
    SHAREHOLDERS
    ACQUISITION
    CONTROL
    SHARES
    TRANSACTION
    VINITA GUPTA
    PRICE
    DIRECTORS
    MEMBERS
    STOCKHOLDERS
    DUTIES
    FIDUCIQ
    UNFAIR
    STOCK
    BUSINESS
    ASSETS
    COMPLAINT
    BREACHING
    INADEQUATE
    FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION
    OUTSTANDING SHARES
    OFDIGITA1
    CARE
    CALIFORNIA
    HUSBAND
    DIGITAL BOARD
    
     II
    1  MILBERG WElSS  BERSHAD
            l i W S  & LERACH LLP
    2  WILLIAM S. LERACLI (68581)
            D m N
                     J. ROBBMS (168593)
    3  W A L L  J. BARON (1507516)
            RANDALL H.
                         STEWEYER
    4  600 West  Broadway,  Suite 1800
            San Diego, CA  92101
    5  Telephone:  61 9/23
                              1-1 058
    
    6  1  Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
    
    
    1           Plainriff,  by his attorneys,  allcgcs as  follows:
    2                                       SUMMARY  OF 'r m  ACTION
    3               1,     This is a stockholder class action brought by  plaintiff  on bchalf of thc
    4  Digibl.  Link Corporation  ("Digital"  or  thc  "Company")  common  stock  against  Digital  and
    
    5  directors arising  Out  of defendants' eflorts to complcte a  nzarlagcmrnt-led  buyout of 
    6  gossly inadequate and  unfair  price  and their efforts to provide certain insidsrs  and 
    7  prefctentiu) treatment  at the expense of, and  which is unfair to, the public  shareholders.
     s              2.     On September 3, 1999, Digital announced that its CEO and  Chairman vinita
     9  togcthtr with DLZ Corporation had  submitted an offer lo the Digital Board (which is controlled
    70  Vinita Gupta  and her husband,  who control approximately  50% of Digital's stock) to purchasc
    11  mtsranding  sharcs  of Digital for $10.30 per  share (the "Acquisition").
    12              3.     In pursuing  the unlawful  plan  to cash out Digital's public  stockholders
    13  inadequate  consideration,  each  of thc defendants  violated  the  laws  of the State  of
    
    14  directly breaching and/or aiding the other defendants'  breaches of their fiduciary duties of
    
    15  due care, independencc and  good faith and *air  dealing.
    16              4.     In fact,  instead of  attempting  to obtain the highest pricc  reasonably
    17  Digital for shateholders, the Individual  Dcfcndants  spcnt a substantial effort tailoring the
    18  tenns of the  Acquisition  to  mcct the spcciiic needs of the  Guptas.
    19              5.     In essence, the proposed Acquisition  is the product of a hopelessly  flawed
    t o   that was designed to ensure the sale ofDigita1 to onc buycr and one buyer only OR tenns
    21  to the Guptas  and  to subvert  the interests of plaintiff and  the other public stockholders 
    
    22  Plaintiff  seeks to enjoin the prooposcd  transaction or, altcmatively, rescind  the
    
    23  rccover  darnatJes  in the  event that  the transaction is consummated.
    24                                       JURISDTCTIOPI  ATYD  VENUE
    25              6.     This Court  has jurisdIclion ovcr thc cause of action asserted  hewin
    26  Celifomia Constitution, &tide  VI, 610. because this Case is a cause not give11 by statute to
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • 1 Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • Link Corporation ("Digital" or thc "Company") common stock against Digital and it3
  • gossly inadequate and unfair price and their efforts to provide certain insidsrs and
  • prefctentiu) treatment at the expense of, and which is unfair to, the public shareholders.
  • togcthtr with DLZ Corporation had submitted an offer lo the Digital Board (which is
  • 13 inadequate consideration, each of thc defendants violated the laws of the State of
  • 14 directly breaching and/or aiding the other defendants' breaches of their fiduciary duties
  • 15 due care, independencc and good faith and *air dealing.
  • t o that was designed to ensure the sale ofDigita1 to onc buycr and one buyer only OR tenns
  • 22 Plaintiff seeks to enjoin the prooposcd transaction or, altcmatively, rescind the
  • IC,f Digital and is a citizen of thc State of California.
  • with its principal place of business located at 21 7 Humboldt C O W S u m p a l e.
  • Digital's commotl shares afc listed and publid!
  • Vinjta Gupta is the wife of defcndant Narendra K.
  • Vinita Gupta beneficially owns andior controls approximately SO% of Digital's, 2(outstanding
  • the Guptas' control the other Individual Defendants.
  • 20 corporation's assets, thedirectoTs have an affimative fiduciary obligation to obtain the
  • CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
  • 1G secure and obtain the best price reasonable under thc circumstanccs for the bcncfrt of
  • 17 the other membct-s of thc Class in colmeclion with the Acquisition;
  • 1c a risk of inconsistent or varying adjudications with respect to individual members ofthe
  • 21 Narendra Gupta control the Digital Board owning approximately SO% of Digital's outstanding
  • Ade uately ensure that no conflicts of interest cxist between defendants' O w n interests an
  • 16 and the olher members of the Class, and have brcached and ate breaching their fiduciq

  • 14 . DOCKET

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    ENTRY
    COUNSEL
    DISMISS
    JUDGE RONALD
    PLAINTIFF GEORGE
    WHYTE
    STIPULATION
    GEORGE GENNA
    VINITA GUPTA
    DEFENDANT VINITA
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    DECLARATION
    OPPOSITION
    REQUEST
    DIGITAL LINK
    DFTS
    CERTIFY
    JUDICIAL NOTICE
    LEAD COUNSEL
    SUPPORT
    STRIKE
    NOTICE SET
    EXTENDING
    DANIEL
    CLASS ACTION
    MEMORANDUM
    TURBOW
    APPROVING
    
    
    Docket as of March 17, 1999 (retrieved 4/1/99)
    
    Proceedings include all events.
    5:96cv20867 Genna v. Digital Link Corp, et al
    
                           U.S. District Court
    U.S. District for the Northern District of California (San Jose)
    
                  CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 96-CV-20867
    
    Genna v. Digital Link Corp, et al                           Filed: 10/17/96
    Assigned to: Judge Ronald M. Whyte           Jury demand: Both
                 Referred to: Mag. Judge Edward A. Infante
    Demand: $0,000                               Nature of Suit:  850
    Lead Docket: None                            Jurisdiction: Federal Question
    Dkt# in other court: None
    
    Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act
    
    (Party and Counsel List)
    
    
    
    10/17/96 1       COMPLAINT Fee status pd entered on 10/17/96  in the amount
                     of $ 120 ( Receipt No. 40685); jury demand
                     (5:96-cv-20867) (mah) (Entry date 10/24/96)
    
    10/17/96 2       ORDER RE COURT PROCEDURE and SCHEDULE  by Judge Ronald M.
                     Whyte : Proof of service to be filed by 12/2/96 ; counsels'
                     case management statement to be filed by 2/11/97 ; initial
                     case management conference will be held 10:30 2/21/97 .
                     (cc: all counsel) (mah) (Entry date 10/24/96)
    
    10/17/96 3       NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION IN CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR
                     COURT  (5:96-cv-20867) (mah) (Entry date 10/24/96)
    
    10/24/96 4       AMENDED COMPLAINT (Corrected)  (1-1) by Plaintiff GEORGE
                     GENNA; jury demand   (5:96-cv-20867) (cv)
                     (Entry date 10/25/96)
    
    11/14/96 5       WAIVER OF SERVICE by defendant Digital Link Corp, defendant
                     Vinita Gupta, defendant Daniel L. Palmer, defendant Timothy
                     K. Montgomery, defendant Stanley E. Kazmierczak, defendant
                     Toni Bellin, defendant Benjamin W. Berry, defendant Morey
                     R. Schapira, defendant Gregory M. Avis, defendant Charles
                     R. Moore  served on 11/7/86 in response to the  Request for
                     Waiver sent on 10/18/96   (5:96-cv-20867) (cv)
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • (Party and Counsel List)
  • (Entry date 10/24/96)
  • 10/17/96 2 ORDER RE COURT PROCEDURE and SCHEDULE by Judge Ronald M.
  • Whyte: Proof of service to be filed by 12/2/96;
  • 10/17/96 3 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION IN CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR
  • 10/24/96 4 AMENDED COMPLAINT by Plaintiff GEORGE
  • 11/14/96 5 WAIVER OF SERVICE by defendant Digital Link Corp,
  • Vinita Gupta, defendant Daniel L. Palmer, defendant Timothy
  • 12/17/96 6 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION by Plaintiff George Genna for
  • for order with Notice set for 2/21/97 at
  • 12/17/96 7 DECLARATION by J. K. Grant on behalf of Plaintiff George
  • and for approval of lead counsel,
  • 12/18/96 13 STIPULATION and ORDER by Judge Ronald M. Whyte:
  • 1/3/97 9 DECLARATION by D. W. Turbow on behalf of defendant Vinita
  • Gupta re motion to dismiss
  • 1/3/97 10 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE by defendant Vinita Gupta
  • extending time to answer 1/3/97
  • hearing on motion to dismiss 9:00 4/18/97; Opposition
  • 3/7/97 24 MEMORANDUM by Plaintiff George Genna in opposition to
  • 3/14/97 29 DECLARATION by D. W. Turbow on behalf of defendant Vinita
  • defendant Daniel L. Palmer re motion to strike
  • Genna re motion to certify class action
  • 3/20/98 65 OPPOSITION by Plaintiff George Genna to dfts motion to
  • exhibits submitted in support of dfts motion to dismiss &
  • motion to certify class action and approving class

  • 15 . STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    HRNG
    PROP
    DEFENDANTS
    PALO ALTO
    STATE BAR
    LERACH
    ESQ
    PLACING
    STIPULATE
    SGI
    RULING
    EAI
    STIP
    PARTIES
    CIRCUIT
    CALIFORNIA
    ROSATI
    SONSINI GOODRICH
    STANFORD
    BALA
    SAN
    WEISS BERSHAD HYNES
    MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
    MILL ROAD
    WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH
    USINESS PRACTICES
    MAILING
    EARING
    
    1  TEVEN  M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
            'IMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    2  IANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
            VILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
    3  'rofessional Corporation
            150 Page Mill Road
    4  'alo Alto,  California  94304-1050
            'elephone:  (41  5)  493-9300
    5  ittorneys for  Defendants
     6
    
     7
     8                                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
     S                                      NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    1C                                                S A N  JOSE DIVISION
    
    11  GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself                              CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAT)
            and  All Others Similarly Situated,
    1;                                                                  CLASS  ACTION
                            Plaintiff,
    1:                                                                  STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
                    V.                                            )     ORDER  CONTINUING HEARING
    1L                                                            )     DATE
            DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,
    l!                                                            )
                            Defendants.                           )
    1(                                -
    1'
    11
     l!             WHEREAS, on February 20, 1998, defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss plaintiffs First
    
    21  Amended Complaint;
    2               WHEREAS, pursuant to prior stipulations and Orders, the hearing on the Motion to
     2:  Dismiss  was continued to May  14, 1999;
     2              WHEREAS, the parties previously agreed that the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss
    
     2  be continued until after the Ninth Circuit has issued its opinion in In re SiZicon Graphics,
     2  16240 ("SGI"), which the parties believe to be imminent;
     2              WHEREAS, plaintiff and defendants have conferred for the purpose of resolving
     2  scheduling conflicts and ensuring that this action proceeds in an efficient and orderly fashion;
     2
    
             STIP AND [PROP] ORDER RE  HRNG.
                                              DATE  ON
            MOTION TO DISMISS - Case No. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    
    
    
    ..
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • TEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
  • VILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
  • be continued until after the Ninth Circuit has issued its opinion in In re SiZicon Graphics,
  • STIP AND [PROP] ORDER RE HRNG.
  • MOTION TO DISMISS - Case No. C-96-20867-RMW
  • ar id subject to the approval of the Court, that the hearing on defendants' Motion to Dismiss
  • The parties further stipulate to conduct the hearing on an earlier available
  • ate following a ruling in SGI if at all possible to avoid any additional delay in resolving
  • MOTION TO DISMISS - Case No. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) -2-3 H
  • 1' [EARING DATE on each person listed below, by placing the documentdescribed above in an 1:
  • 'dates Postal Service by placing them for collection and mailing this day following ordinary
  • 'usiness practices at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto,
  • Executed at Palo Alto, California on May 12, 1999.
  • John Grant, Esq.
  • Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
  • San Diego, CA 92101-5050
  • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
  • Stanford Law School Crown Quadrangle

  • 16 . SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    JUDICIAL NOTICE
    DEFENDANTS
    EXHIBIT
    TIME PERIOD
    COMPLAINT
    MOTION
    REQUEST
    DANIEL
    STATE BAR
    TIMOTHY
    DISMISS
    FEDERAL RULES
    EVIDENCE
    DISTRICT COURT
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    PALMER
    GUPTA
    VINITA
    LITIG
    SECURITIES
    CIR
    SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST
    MOORE
    CHARLES
    AVIS
    GREGORY
    SCHAPIRA
    MOREY
    BERRY
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself )  CASE NO. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       )  CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       )  DEFENDANTS' SUPPLEMENTAL
         v.                            )  REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL
                                       )  NOTICE UNDER FEDERAL RULES
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   )  OF EVIDENCE 201
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   )
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          )  Date:  April 18, 1997
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          )  Time:  9:00 a.m.
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        )  Judge: The Honorable
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      )         Ronald M. Whyte
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) OF EVIDENCE 201 GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • DEFENDANTS' SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE UNDER FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE 201
  • Kazmierczak, Toni Bellin, Benjamin W. Berry, Morey R. Schapira,
  • Gregory M. Avis and Charles R. Moore,
  • the complaint.
  • 12motion to dismiss."), cert.
  • because they have been filed with the United States Securities
  • Sec. Litig., (1996-97 Tr.
  • Emrich v. Touche Ross & Co., 846 F.2d 1190, 1198 (9th Cir.
  • to dismiss a securities fraud action 'may review and consider
  • Exhibit A: Forms 3 and 4 for Gregory M. Avis for the
  • time period of January 1994-November 1995.

  • 17 . SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF DANIEL W TURBOW

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    EXHIBIT
    HERETO
    CALIFORNIA
    DEFENDANTS
    TURBOW
    STATE BAR
    LAW
    DECLARE
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    TIMOTHY
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
    LITIG
    DISMISS
    MOTION
    TURBOW ISO
    DECL
    SUPPL
    EAI
    DISTRICT
    AVIS
    GREGORY
    SCHAPIRA
    PALMER
    GUPTA
    VINITA
    ATTORNEYS
    PALO ALTO
    ROSATI
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION
         v.                            ) OF DANIEL W. TURBOW IN
                                       ) SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS'
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   ) REPLY MEMORANDUM IN
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   ) SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          ) MOTION TO DISMISS
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          )
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        )
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      ) Date:  April 18, 1997
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
                                       ) Judge: The Honorable
              Defendants.              )        Ronald M. Whyte
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) REPLY MEMORANDUM IN GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and) Date:
  • SUPPL.
  • DECL.
  • OF DANIEL W. TURBOW ISO DEFT'S REPLY TO DEFT'S.
  • MOTION TO DISMISS
  • I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
  • Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel for defendants.
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy
  • Sec. Litig.,
  • of ABF Capital Management v. Askin Capital Management, L.P., 96
  • These graphs were compiled from the individual defendants'
  • I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State
  • declaration was executed in Palo Alto, California on April 4, 1997.

  • 18 . REPLY MEMO IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STRIKE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DECLARATION
    MOTION
    TORKELSEN DECLARATION
    DISMISS
    COURT
    PLAINTIFF
    COMPLAINT
    BESPEAKS CAUTION
    MATERIALITY
    STRIKE
    SUPPORT
    FACTS
    PURPORT
    SUBMISSION
    CIR
    CIRCUIT
    REFORM ACT
    MEMORANDUM
    EAI
    USDC NORTHERN
    BESPEAKS CAUTION DOCTRINE
    AUTHORITY
    ALLEGATIONS
    PROPER
    CONTRAVENES
    AFFIDAVITS
    DETERMINATION
    DISCLOSURES
    LAW FIRM
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) REPLY MEMORANDUM OF POINTS
              Plaintiff,               ) AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT
                                       ) OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO
         v.                            ) STRIKE THE TORKELSEN
                                       ) DECLARATION
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   )
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   ) Date:  April 18, 1997
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          ) Judge: The Honorable
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        )        Ronald M. Whyte
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      )
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS'
    MOTION TO STRIKE THE TORKELSEN DECLARATION
    USDC NORTHERN CASE NO. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE TORKELSEN DECLARATION USDC
  • to the determination of defendants' motion to dismiss,
  • Plaintiff argues in response
  • in support of his argument that the submission of the
  • Declaration was procedurally proper.
  • noticed or was attached to the Complaint, and the Ninth Circuit
  • considered on a motion to dismiss.
  • Declaration does not even purport to address issues related to the
  • analysis of the "materiality" of certain statements in relation to
  • materiality incorporated in the bespeaks caution doctrine on the
  • deficient factual allegations with a declaration from one of its
  • "house" experts also contravenes the purpose of the Reform Act.
  • this Court should strike the Torkelsen
  • REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE TORKELSEN DECLARATION USDC
  • plaintiff's submission of the affidavits with the opposition to the
  • this Court should follow the authority within the Ninth
  • (plaintiff may add essential facts by affidavit or brief or brief on appeal).
  • defendants made "meaningful and specific cautionary disclosures.
  • Every plaintiffs' law firm, as evidenced by lead counsel's efforts

  • 19 . REPLY MEMO IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    AUTHORITIES
    UNITED STATES
    DISMISS
    ISO DEFENDANTS
    MEMO
    DIGITAL LINK
    COURT
    PLAINTIFF
    CIR
    REFORM ACT
    SUPP
    GUPTA
    TURBOW
    LITIG
    BESPEAKS CAUTION DOCTRINE
    COMPLAINT
    STATE BAR
    ALLEGATIONS
    CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
    DISCLOSURES
    BESPEAKS CAUTION
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    TIMOTHY
    GROUP PLEADING
    EAI
    GREGORY
    TONI BELLIN
    KAZMIERCZAK
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    .Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) REPLY MEMORANDUM OF POINTS
         v.                            ) AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT
                                       ) OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   ) DISMISS
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   )
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          )
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          ) Date:  April 18, 1997
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      ) Judge: The Honorable
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )        Ronald M. Whyte
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) DISMISS GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • GREGORY M. AVIS and) Judge:
  • REPLY MEMO OF POINTS & AUTHORITIES ISO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS
  • The Reform Act Abolished Group Pleading For
  • Plaintiff Cannot Rely On The Disclose-Or-Abstain
  • THE BESPEAKS CAUTION DOCTRINE DICTATES DISMISSAL
  • If Defendants' Cautionary Statements Did Not
  • The Reform Act Applies To This Action
  • Allegations of Motive and Opportunity Cannot
  • F. Supp.
  • F.2d 117 (9th Cir.
  • In re AST Research Sec. Litig.,
  • United States ex rel. Anderson v.
  • This Complaint should be dismissed because it is precisely the
  • Jan. 23, 1996) (Turbow Decl.
  • Defendants' Disclosures And Cautionary Statements Were Not Boilerplate
  • Gupta and Kazmierczak specifically told the market that

  • 20 . MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B TORKELSEN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DECLARATION
    DISMISS
    COURT
    DEFENDANTS
    COMPLAINT
    STRIKE
    REFORM ACT
    ALLEGATIONS
    PLEADING
    SECURITIES
    PLAINTIFF
    JOHN
    SUPPORT
    TURBOW
    LAW
    CONGRESS
    OPPOSITION
    SUBMITTING
    SUPP
    CIR
    SUBMISSION
    MATERIALITY
    TURBOW DECL
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    DANIEL
    MEMORANDUM
    DISTRICT COURT
    STATE BAR
    LAWSUITS
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND
         v.                            ) DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE
                                       ) THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B.
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,  ) TORKELSEN
                                       )
              Defendants.              ) Date:  April 18, 1997
                                       ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
                                       ) Judge: The Honorable Ronald M.
                                       ) Whyte
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO STRIKE
    DECLARATION OF JOHN B. TORKELSEN
    C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO STRIKE DECLARATION OF JOHN B. TORKELSEN C-96-20867-RMW
  • Street, San Jose, California, defendants Digital Link Corporation
  • in support of plaintiff's opposition to defendants' motion to
  • dismiss the Corrected Complaint.
  • On January 3, 1997, defendants moved to dismiss this action
  • Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.1
  • Plaintiff sought and was denied leave to file a fifty-page
  • memorandum in opposition to defendants' motion,
  • Plaintiff's submission of the Torkelsen Declaration is
  • defendants will address those opinions in their forthcoming reply memorandum in support of
  • the Declaration also runs contrary to Congress' intent in passing
  • their own allegations pass muster under the heightened pleading
  • Arbabian v. BP America, 898 F. Supp.
  • 19 (9th Cir.
  • physically attached to the pleading, may be considered in ruling on
  • law expert), aff'd, 973 F.2d 1291 (6th Cir.
  • Declaration of Daniel W. Turbow In Support Of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss ("Turbow Decl.
  • 200 different lawsuits.
  • materiality is the bespeaks caution doctrine,
  • sought to do by submitting the Torkelsen Declaration.

  • 21 . DECLARATION OF DANIEL W

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CALIFORNIA
    DANIEL
    DEFENDANTS
    TURBOW
    STATE BAR
    LAW
    JOHN
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    CONGRESS
    EXHIBIT
    HERETO
    STRIKE DECL
    MOTION
    SUPPORT
    EAI
    DISTRICT
    ATTORNEYS
    PALO ALTO
    ROSATI
    GOODRICH
    SONSINI
    WILSON
    TIMOTHY
    FOREGOING
    PERJURY
    PENALTY
    SCHEER
    PETER
    GRIP
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) DECLARATION OF DANIEL W.
         v.                            ) TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF
                                       ) DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,  ) THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B.
                                       ) TORKELSEN
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
                                       ) Date:  April 18, 1997
                                       ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
                                       ) Judge: The Honorable Ronald M.
                                       ) Whyte
                                       )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Palo Alto,
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, et al.,) THE DECLARATION OF JOHN B.
  • DECLARATION OF DANIEL W. TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE DECL.
  • I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
  • Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel for defendants.
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy
  • of an excerpt from the Congressional Record,
  • of a column entitled How Milberg Weiss Tightened Its Grip, by Peter
  • Scheer and published in the periodical The Recorder on March 7,
  • I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State
  • of California that the foregoing is true and correct and that this

  • 22 . STATEMENT OF NON-OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO BE APPOINTED

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    STATE BAR
    LEAD COUNSEL
    PLTF
    GEORGE
    DEFENDANTS
    APPOINTED LEAD
    NON-OPP
    CERTIFICATION
    MOT
    GENNA
    DISTRICT
    CALIFORNIA
    DANIEL
    TIMOTHY
    PLAINTIFF PURPORTS
    MEMBER
    RIGHTS
    RESERVE
    NONETHELESS
    INCLINATION
    MOTION
    DEFENDANTS HEREBY STATE
    PALMER
    GUPTA
    VINITA
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    EAI
    SAN JOSE DIVISION
    NORTHERN DISTRICT
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF
              Plaintiff,               ) NON-OPPOSITION TO
                                       ) PLAINTIFF GEORGE GENNA'S
         v.                            ) MOTION TO BE APPOINTED LEAD
                                       ) PLAINTIFF AND FOR APPROVAL
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   ) OF LEAD COUNSEL
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   )
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          ) Date:  February 21, 1997
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        ) Dept:  The Honorable
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      )        Ronald M. Whyte
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    DEFT'S STATEMENT OF NON-OPP TO PLTF
    GEORGE GENNA'S MOT TO BE APPOINTED LEAD
    PLTF AND FOR APPROVAL OF LEAD COUNSEL
    
    
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • SAN JOSE DIVISION
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) OF LEAD COUNSEL GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • DEFT'S STATEMENT OF NON-OPP TO PLTF GEORGE GENNA'S MOT TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLTF AND FOR
  • Defendants hereby state their non-opposition to plaintiff
  • George Genna's motion to be appointed lead plaintiff and for
  • any inclination to pursue this action.
  • Nonetheless, defendants
  • specifically reserve their rights to object at an appropriate time
  • the class of which he claims to be a member and b) the class
  • plaintiff purports to represent can be certified.
  • certification of the class.
  • DEFT'S STATEMENT OF NON-OPP TO PLTF GEORGE GENNA'S MOT TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLTF AND FOR

  • 23 . REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    JUDICIAL NOTICE
    REQUEST
    REPORT
    COMPLAINT
    MOTION
    DANIEL
    STATE BAR
    EXHIBIT
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    DISMISS
    EAI
    DISTRICT COURT
    TIMOTHY
    SECURITIES
    FILINGS
    CIR
    EVIDENCE
    PALMER
    GUPTA
    VINITA
    TURBOW
    HEREBY REQUEST
    UNITED STATES
    MOORE
    CHARLES
    AVIS
    GREGORY
    SCHAPIRA
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself )  CASE NO. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       )  CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       )  DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO
         v.                            )  TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE UNDER
                                       )  FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   )  201
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   )
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          )  Date:  February 21, 1997
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          )  Time:  9:00 a.m.
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        )  Judge: The Honorable Ronald
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      )         M. Whyte
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO. C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) 201 GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE UNDER FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE 201 C-96-20867-RMW
  • Kazmierczak, Toni Bellin, Benjamin W. Berry, Morey R. Schapira,
  • Gregory M. Avis and Charles R. Moore,
  • hereby request that this Court take judicial
  • This Court may consider on a motion to dismiss matters referred to
  • ocuments whose contents are alleged in a complaint
  • other than Digital Link's report on Form
  • This Court may also take judicial notice of Digital Link's
  • filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Co., 846 F.2d 1190, 1198 (9th Cir.
  • to the Declaration of Daniel W. Turbow in support of defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed
  • Exhibit A: Digital Link's report on Form 10-Q for the

  • 24 . MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DIGITAL LINK
    DISMISS
    SUPPORT THEREOF
    COURT
    MEMORANDUM
    EAI
    MOT
    PLAINTIFF
    TURBOW
    CIR
    ANALYSTS
    LITIG
    GUPTA
    SECURITIES
    ALLEGATIONS
    KAZMIERCZAK
    COMPLAINT
    SECOND CIRCUIT
    REFORM ACT
    INTERNATIONAL SALES
    CAUTION DOCTRINE
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    INFERENCE
    BESPEAKS CAUTION
    DISCLOSURES
    MISLEADING
    FRAUDULENT INTENT
    DISTRICT COURT
    CALIFORNIA
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND
         v.                            ) DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO
                                       ) DISMISS; MEMORANDUM OF
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   ) POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   ) SUPPORT THEREOF
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          )
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          )
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        ) Date:  February 21, 1997
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  ) Judge: The Honorable Ronald
                                       )        M. Whyte
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • MOT.
  • TO DISMISS AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT THEREOF C-96-20867-RMW
  • DEFENDANTS CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE
  • THE BESPEAKS CAUTION DOCTRINE AND THE RECENTLY ENACTED PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
  • All Defendants Other than Gupta, Kazmierczak
  • Digital Link's Disclosures and The
  • Plaintiff Must Plead Particular Facts
  • That Constitute A "Strong Inference"
  • Of Fraudulent Intent
  • F.2d 1365 (9th Cir.
  • In re 1993 Corning Sec. Litig.,
  • O'Brien v. National Property Analysts Partners,
  • the Class Action Complaint with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rules
  • Turbow, defendants' request for judicial notice filed concurrently
  • Plaintiffs own allegations, however, rebut his theory of the
  • that its international sales were slowing and that this slowdown
  • of Digital Link's allegedly misleading statements is alleged.

  • 25 . DECLARATION OF DANIEL W

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    HERETO
    DANIEL
    DECLARATION
    LITIG
    DEFENDANTS
    CALIFORNIA
    TURBOW
    DISMISS
    STATE BAR
    SESS
    CONG
    LAW
    MOTION
    SUPPORT
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    TIMOTHY
    EAI
    DISTRICT
    UNITED STATES
    PALMER
    GUPTA
    VINITA
    ATTORNEYS
    PALO ALTO
    ROSATI
    GOODRICH
    SONSINI
    WILSON
    UNITED STATES SENATE
    
    
    STEVEN M. SCHATZ, State Bar # 118356
    TIMOTHY T. SCOTT, State Bar # 126971
    THOMAS J. MARTIN, State Bar # 150039
    DANIEL W. TURBOW, State Bar # 175015
    WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
    Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California  94304-1050
    Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
    
    Attorneys for Defendants
    VINITA GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER,
    TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN, BENJAMIN W.
    BERRY, MOREY R. SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS,
    CHARLES R. MOORE and DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
    
    
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
                            SAN JOSE DIVISION
    
    
    GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself ) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI)
    and All Others Similarly Situated, )
                                       ) CLASS ACTION
              Plaintiff,               )
                                       ) DECLARATION OF DANIEL W.
         v.                            ) TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF
                                       ) DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO
    DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA   ) DISMISS
    GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY   )
    K. MONTGOMERY, STANLEY E.          ) Date:  February 21, 1997
    KAZMIERCZAK, TONI BELLIN,          ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
    BENJAMIN W. BERRY, MOREY R.        ) Judge: The Honorable Ronald
    SCHAPIRA, GREGORY M. AVIS and      )        M. Whyte
    CHARLES R. MOORE,                  )
                                       )
              Defendants.              )
                                       )
    ___________________________________)
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Palo Alto,
  • Attorneys for Defendants
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • GEORGE GENNA, On Behalf of Himself) CASE NO.: C-96-20867-RMW (EAI) and All Others Similarly
  • DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION, VINITA) DISMISS GUPTA, DANIEL L. PALMER, TIMOTHY)
  • DECLARATION OF DANIEL W. TURBOW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS C-96-20867-RMW
  • I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
  • Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel for defendants.
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy
  • No. 104-369, 104th Cong.,
  • of In re Cirrus Logic Sec. Litig.,
  • the United States Senate, 1485, S. 240, 104th Cong., 1st Sess.
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