Did you notice that that article was written three years ago? Since then, "basher" suits have become far less popular, partly because the companies tend to lose, and partly because in the process their own, ah, problems are often exposed.
lol, do a search at the SEC site for Alex Kanakaris.
"We've been a victim repeatedly of false and erroneous information. It's annoying and it's distracting," said Alex Kanakaris, chief executive of California-based Kanakaris Wireless Inc. "We'll go after anybody who's damaging a company or conspiring to [manipulate] a stock."