SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action against Qualcomm Incorporated and Certain Officers – QCOM

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Qualcomm Incorporated (“Qualcomm” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:QCOM) and certain of its officers.  The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of California, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Qualcomm securities, seeking to recover compensable damages caused by defendants’ violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

If you are a shareholder who purchased Qualcomm securities between February 1, 2012 and January 19, 2017, both dates inclusive, you have until March 24, 2017 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.  A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com.   To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll free, ext. 9980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased. 

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Qualcomm is a global semiconductor company that develops, designs, licenses, and markets worldwide its digital communications products and services, primarily through its two main business segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies and Qualcomm Technology Licensing.

The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects.  Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that:  (i) Qualcomm engaged in anticompetitive conduct to maintain a monopoly for semiconductors used in mobile phones in violation of federal law; (ii) in turn, Qualcomm lacked effective internal controls over financial reporting; and (iii) as a result, Qualcomm’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On December 28, 2016, the South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined Qualcomm a record $853 million for violating antitrust laws. After a three-year investigation, the Korean antitrust regulator found that Qualcomm breached antitrust law by limiting competing chip makers’ access to its patents. It also found that the Company forced mobile-phone manufacturers into unfair license agreements by refusing to supply critical phone chips to those that would not accept Qualcomm’s terms.

On this news, Qualcomm’s share price fell $1.50, or 2.23%, to close at $65.75 on December 28, 2017.

On January 17, 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission commenced an enforcement action against Qualcomm following an investigation of the Company’s licensing practices.  The agency’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said that Qualcomm used its dominant position to maintain an illegal monopoly in the market for mobile phone chips.

On this news, Qualcomm’s share price fell $2.69, or 4.02%, to close at $64.19 on January 17, 2017.

On January 20, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that tech-giant Apple Inc. was suing Qualcomm, alleging that the Company “leveraged its monopoly position as a manufacturer of baseband chips, a critical component used in cellphones, to seek ‘onerous, unreasonable and costly’ terms for patents, and that Qualcomm blocked Apple’s ability to choose another supplier for chipsets.”  The article further reported that Apple was seeking $1 billion in rebate payments that Qualcomm allegedly withheld as retribution for Apple’s involvement in an investigation conducted by South Korea’s antitrust regulator.

On this news, Qualcomm’s share price fell $1.56, or 2.42%, to close at $62.88 on January 20, 2017.

The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Florida, and Los Angeles, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com

CONTACT:
                    Robert S. Willoughby
                    Pomerantz LLP
                    rswilloughby@pomlaw.com