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A plaintiff seeking to use allegations of insider trading as support for a strong inference of scienter as required by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may do so without pleading facts showing the trader's typical trading practices prior to the fraud, if the totality of the allegations demonstrate that the later trading was unusual or suspicious.

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Contributed in 2008 by David Gold
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