LA GRASTA v. FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.

No. 02-16215.

358 F.3d 840 (2004)

Nicholas La GRASTA, Domenico La Grasta, and Mauro La Grasta, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Grady, Susan R. Healy, Grady & Associates, L.P.A., Naples, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Julissa Rodriguez, Samuel J. Rabin, Jr., P.A., Miami, FL, Bradford D. Kaufman, Susan Fleischner Kornspan, Karen J. Jerome Smith, Greenberg, Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Elliot H. Scherker, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BLACK and FAY, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.


JORDAN, District Judge:

In this securities fraud class action against First Union Securities, Inc., investors who purchased the stock of Ask Jeeves, Inc., an online internet research company, claimed that First Union's analyst, through her "strong buy" recommendations, inflated the price of Ask Jeeves shares while acting under an undisclosed conflict of interest. This conflict, it was alleged, consisted of First Union and its analyst trying to obtain investment banking...

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