With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". to a particular speaker is the statement regarding the remediation efforts contained in the May 16, 2005 Form 10-Q. The certifications attached to the Form 10-Q were only signed by Defendants Tomkinson and Johnson. Plaintiffs seek to invoke the “group published” exception to the particularity requirement under Rule 9(b) to contend that all eight individual Defendants are liable for the allegedly false statements pleaded in the FAC. FAC, ¶¶ 37-39, 119. In seeking to attribute Mr. Tomkinson’s oral statements regarding solid loan acquisition to the other individual Defendants, Plaintiffs ignore the well-established rule that even under the “group published doctrine,” oral statements cannot be attributed to a group. See Allison v. Brooktree Corp., 999 F.Supp. 1342, 1350 (S.D.Cal. 1998) (<HOLDING>). In arguing that the written statements within

A: holding that the doctrine does not apply in such circumstancesi
B: holding that doctrine does not violate due process
C: holding group published doctrine does not apply to  oral remarks of other individuals
D: recognizing doctrine
C.