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  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • June 29, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The 2011 Diversity Scorecard

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  • March 14, 2005 | Legal Times

    Despite Illness, Rehnquist to Reign at Judicial Conference

    WASHINGTON -- The focus of Tuesday's meeting of the Judicial Conference -- whether formally on the agenda or simply discussed in the hallways -- is likely to be growing concern for the securit

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  • October 8, 2003 | Legal Times

    White House Lawyers Girding for Leak Investigation

    WASHINGTON -- By the end of the Clinton administration, answering subpoenas and deflecting scandal had become business as usual for White House lawyers.But for attorneys working in the

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