(198) However, even before the PSLRA was passed, the Second Circuit did not permit
scienter to be established through allegations that a corporate officer wanted to maintain the privileges of his job (199) or increase his incentive-based compensation.
First was the fact that in the court's eyes, the existence of a scientific debate about the health and safety concerns of Vioxx did not give rise to a strong inference of
scienter to trigger the statute of limitations.
source: regulated parties' fear of falsely positive
scienterMany, if not most, of the horror stories spawned by applications of zero-tolerance disciplinary rules involve questions of
scienter. That is not to say that failure to acquaint oneself with pertinent rules forgives the offense.
However, it is not clear that the companies that simply did business with South Africa, had the requisite
scienter for aiding and abetting liability.
The Hopper and Totten approaches both have the effect of imposing an additional
scienter element.
However, "Genocea's own disclosure of the negative twelve month viral showing weakens any showing of
scienter," Saris wrote.
But structurally, market manipulation is based on the trader's
scienter and the harm she inflicts on the market-both of which are necessary.
The court examined the
scienter of misprision, concluding that affirmative concealment requires an intentional act of deceit based on its holding in Patel v.
Tipper liability may attach if the breach of duty constitutes deceptive conduct under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 and the tipper has the requisite
scienter; tippee liability may follow if the tippee is deemed to inherit that duty from the tipper, breaches the duty by trading or re-tipping, and has the requisite
scienter.
scienter so as to avoid heightened pleading under Federal Rule of Civil
In the months following the Escobar decision, numerous courts have focused on the "materiality" requirement for FCA allegations and
scienter showings.
