District Court, N.D. Illinois January 25, 2001, 99 C 6869, 00 C 765 (Anderson v. Abbott Laboratories)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs have sued Abbott Laboratories (Abbott), Miles D. White (White) and Thomas D. Brown (Brown) (collectively “defendants”), alleging securities fraud in violation of §§ 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§ 788(b) and 78t(a), and SEC Rule 10b-5.