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Oak Technology, Inc.
Conclusion: According to the firm's 10-Q filing dated 2/14/2000, the Company and several of its current and former officers and Directors were also parties to four putative class action lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. These actions were consolidated as IN RE OAK TECHNOLOGY, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION, Case No. C-96-20552-SW(PVT). This action alleges certain violations of federal securities laws based upon the same allegations as the state court securities litigation. This action also named as a defendant one of the Company's investment bankers. On July 29, 1997, the federal court judge granted the Oak defendants Motion to Dismiss the plaintiffs' First Amended Consolidated Complaint, but granted the plaintiffs leave to amend most claims. The plaintiffs' Second Amended Consolidated Complaint was filed on September 4, 1997. The defendants' Motion to Dismiss was heard on December 17, 1997. The court took the matter under submission. Prior to the issuance of the court's ruling on the motion to dismiss, the plaintiffs moved to voluntarily dismiss this action without prejudice. Defendants requested that the action be dismissed with prejudice. On November 22, 1999, the court dismissed the action without prejudice.

According to the consolidated amended complaint, following the initial public offering of Oak's common stock in February 1995 and the secondary common stock offering on May 11, 1995, defendants embarked on a fraudulent scheme whereby they artificially inflated the price of Oak's common stock. While engaged in their fraudulent scheme, the Individual Defendants sold massive amounts of their personal Oak stock holdings. In all, named defendants sold over 4.2 million shares of their Oak stock at artificially inflated prices and received $104 million in illegal insider trading proceeds before the truth came out and Oak's stock price collapsed. Defendants accomplished this scheme by issuing false and misleading statements and omitting to make statements of material fact necessary in order to make the statements made not misleading.

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION:
SIC Code: 3674
Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductors


COMPANY/ISSUER NAME: Oak Technology, Inc.
COMPANY/ISSUER TICKER: OAKT
COMPANY WEBSITE: http://www.oaktech.com

FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT IN THE DATABASE
Bruno, et al. v. Oak Technology, Inc., et al.
 COURT: N.D. California  DOCKET NUMBER: 96-CV-20552
 JUDGE NAME: Hon. Spencer Williams
 DATE FILED: 07/09/1996  SOURCE: Internet
 CLASS PERIOD START: 07/26/1995  CLASS PERIOD END: 05/22/1996
 TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Second Consolidated
 PLAINTIFF FIRMS IN THIS OR SIMILAR CASE:
  • Alfred G. Yates, Jr.
      429 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh , PA, 15219
       (voice) 412.391.5164, (fax) ,
  • Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz LLP (New York, NY)
      10 E. 40th Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY, 10016
       (voice) 800.217.1522, (fax) , info@bernlieb.com
  • Cotchett Pitre & Simon
      San Francisco Airport Office Center, 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200, Burlingame, CA, 94010
       (voice) 650.697.6000, (fax) ,
  • Curtis V. Trinko LLP
      16 West 46th Street 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10036
       (voice) 212.490.9550, (fax) 212.986.0158, ctrinko@trinko.com
  • Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios & Ladine
      1601 I Street, 5th Floor, Modesto, CA, 95354
       (voice) 209.526.3500, (fax) 209.526.3534,
  • Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener LLP
      595 Market Street, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA, 94105-2835sco
       (voice) 800.778.1822, (fax) 415.777.5189, info@gbcsf.com
  • Jeffrey F. Keller
      221 Main St Ste 1300, San Francisco, CA, 94105
       (voice) 415.543.1305, (fax) ,
  • Kenneth A. Elan
      217 Broadway Suite 404, New York, NY, 10007
       (voice) 212.619.0260, (fax) ,
  • Lawrence G. Soicher
      342 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor , New York, NY, 10173
       (voice) 212/883.8000, (fax) ,
  • Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP (San Diego, CA)
      600 West Broadway, 1800 One America Plaza, San Diego, CA, 92101
       (voice) 800.449.4900, (fax) , support@milberg.com
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  10

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT
    Type:  Date on the document: 

    REFERENCE COMPLAINT
    In re Oak Technology, Inc. Securities Litigation
     COURT: N.D. California  DOCKET NUMBER: 96-CV-20552
     JUDGE NAME: Hon. Spencer Williams
     DATE FILED: 09/04/1997  SOURCE: Business Wires
     CLASS PERIOD START: 07/26/1995  CLASS PERIOD END: 05/22/1996
     TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Second Amended and Consolidated
     PLAINTIFF FIRMS NAMED IN COMPLAINT:
  • Cotchett Pitre & Simon
      San Francisco Airport Office Center, 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200, Burlingame, CA, 94010
       (voice) 650.697.6000, (fax) ,
  • Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener LLP
      595 Market Street, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA, 94105-2835sco
       (voice) 800.778.1822, (fax) 415.777.5189, info@gbcsf.com
  • Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP (San Diego, CA)
      600 West Broadway, 1800 One America Plaza, San Diego, CA, 92101
       (voice) 800.449.4900, (fax) , support@milberg.com
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  3

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE REFERENCE COMPLAINT
    Consolidated Amended Complaint for Violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 01/31/1997
    Oak Defendants' Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint; Memorandum of Points and Authorities
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 03/24/1997
    Declaration of Kimberly C. Epstein in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Hambrecht & Quist's Motion to Dismiss
    Type: Declaration Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Declaration of Rina Pedroza in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to the Oak Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Declaration Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to the Oak Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss of Hambrecht & Quist
    Type: Other Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Plaintiffs' Objection to the Oak Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice of Facts in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice of Facts in Support of Their Opposition to Defendants' Motions To Dismiss
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 04/18/1997
    Hambrecht & Quist's Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Amended Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 05/07/1997
    Oak Defendants' Reply in Support of Request for Judicial Notice
    Type: Other Date on the document: 05/07/1997
    Oak Defendants' Reply Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 05/14/1997
    Appendix of Authorities Cited in Hambrecht & Quist's Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Amended Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 05/21/1997
    Supplemental Appendix in Support of Oak Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 05/21/1997
    Consolidated Second Amended Complaint for Violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 09/04/1997
    Oak Defendants' Notice of Motion and Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Consolidated Complaint; Memorandum of Points and Authorities
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 10/09/1997
    Errata to the Oak Defendants' Memorandum Filed in Support of Their Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 10/10/1997
    Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to the Motion To Dismiss of Hambrecht & Quist
    Type: Memorandum Date on the document: 11/10/1997
    Oak Defendants' Reply in Support of Request for Judicial Notice
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 11/21/1997
    Oak Defendants' Reply Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 11/21/1997
    CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 96-CV-20552
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 04/20/1998
    Litigants
    Type: Other Date on the document: 04/28/1998
    Plaintiffs' Supplemental Submission Of Authority In Opposition To Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 01/07/1999
    Plaintiffs' Supplemental Submission Of Authority In Opposition To The Oak Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Second Amended Complaint
    Type: Other Date on the document: 03/10/1999
    Oak Defendants’ Notice Of Filing Supplemental Authority In Support Motion To Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second Consolidated Complaint
    Type: Notice Date on the document: 07/30/1999
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 03/02/2000

     OTHER DOCUMENTS
    Litigants
    Case Name and/or Number: Raskin, et al. v. Oak Technology Inc., et al
    Type: Other Date on the document: 12/21/1996
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Case Name and/or Number: Raskin, et al. v. Oak Technology, Inc., et al.
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 12/21/1996
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Case Name and/or Number: Corneille, et al. v. Tsang, et al.
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 12/21/1996
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Case Name and/or Number: Zand, et al. v. Hsu, et al.
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 06/04/1997
    Order
    Case Name and/or Number: Oak Technology, et al. v. The Superior Court Of Santa Clara County
    Type: Order Date on the document: 08/14/1997
    Consolidated Second Amended Complaint for Damages Based Upon: (1) Violations of Cal. Corp. Code §§25400 and 25500; (2) Violations of Cal. Civ. Code §§1709-1710;
    Case Name and/or Number: In re Oak Technology, Inc. Securities Litigation
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 09/22/1997

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