Supreme Court justices seemed to struggle with Nvidia’s argument on Nov. 13 that a shareholders’ securities fraud lawsuit claiming the company downplayed its reliance on the volatile cryptocurrency sector should be dismissed.
Investors sued the Silicon Valley artificial intelligence chipmaker, claiming that the company misrepresented how dependent it was on revenue from volatile cryptocurrency mining before a market setback in 2018. The company counters that the legal complaint filed against it lacks the legally required specificity to move forward.
Specifically, shareholders allege Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made public statements that contradicted its own internal reports. The shareholders’ lawsuit is led by E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, an investment management firm in Stockholm, Sweden….