Law360, New York (March 04, 2011, 7:32 PM ET) -- An Atheros Communications Inc. investor lost his bid Friday to enjoin a shareholder vote on a potential merger with Qualcomm Inc. in his California class action alleging the $3.2 billion deal was coercive and would violate Atheros shareholders' rights.
Judge Lucy H. Koh denied Joel Krieger's bid for a preliminary injunction on the impending March 7 vote in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
She also stayed Krieger's state law claims in the case at the defendants' request, in deference to similar...