In  Teamsters Local 445 Freight Div. Pension Fund v. Dynex Capital Inc., 531 F.3d 190 (2nd Cir. 2008), the Second Circuit affirmed that a securities fraud plaintiff can plead corporate scienter without specifically identifying the culpable corporate officer or director whose individual scienter could be imputed to the corporation. The plaintiff need only plead facts sufficient to establish a “strong inference” that someone in the corporation whose acts could be imputed to the corporation acted with the requisite scienter.

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