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Preliminary negotiations immaterial: A misstatement or omission...

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A misstatement or omission as to merger negotiations that are preliminary, contingent, and speculative, are not enough to satisfy the materiality element of a Rule 10b-5 claim.

Contributed in 2008 by David Gold

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