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Holding that Section 11 claim was not subject to Rule 9(b) when plaintiffs segregated their Securities Act negligence claims from their fraud-based claims, and that plaintiffs' allegations that defendants engaged in fraud did not preclude negligence-based claims against defendants as well
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Holding complaint persuasively alleges that "systematic changes in Countrywide came from the top down and pervaded virtually every office" because directors and officers allegedly were regularly provided "detailed exception statistics"
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Finding accountants potentially liable to investors under § 552 because they were "aware not just of `the ever-present possibility of repetition to anyone,' but of [the corporation]'s intention to distribute the audited report to a clearly defined group — potential investors"