On February 7, 2025, Judge Brett H. Ludwig of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed a putative class action alleging that an energy product sales company (the “Company”) and its chief executive officer and chief financial officer (the “Officer Defendants”) violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5.City Pension Fund for Firefighters & Police Officers in the City of Tampa Bay v. Generac Holdings, 22-cv-1436-bhl (E.D. Wis. Feb. 7, 2025).According to plaintiffs, defendants allegedly failed to disclose negative trends regarding the decrease in demand of the Company’s products post-pandemic as well as defects and risks with its solar energy products.The Court dismissed the complaint for failure to plausibly allege falsity, scienter, and materiality, noting that the pleading was “heavy in sheer number of its allegations and in its conclusory allegations of fraud” but “light on specific plausible factual allegations” supporting plaintiffs’ claims.