• Freidus v. Barclays Bank, 11-2665-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-08-22
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler and B.D. Parker, C.JJ.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Mark Solomon, Andrew J. Brown, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, San Diego, CA; Samuel H. Rudman, David A. Rosenfeld, Mario Alba, Jr., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; Ramzi Abadou, Eli R. Greenstein, Stacey M. Kaplan, Erik D. Peterson, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the briefs, Joseph D. Daley, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays PLC and the Individual Defendants-Appellees: David H. Braff, Adam T. Kirgis, on the brief, Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Barclays Capital Securities Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Suntrust Capital Markets, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Banc of America Securities, LLC: Jay B. Kasner, on the brief, Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-2665-cv

    Cite as: Freidus v. Barclays Bank, 11-2665-cv, NYLJ 1202616370944, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 19, 2013) 11-2665-cv Before: Pooler and B.D. Par

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