• Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel W. Krasner, Gregory M. Nespole, Matthew M. Guiney, Beth A. Landes, Maja Lukic, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Thomas J. McKenna, Gainey & McKenna, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark C. Rifkin, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Interim Co-Lead Counsel.
    for defendant: For the Benefit Committee Defendants-Appellees: Janet Gochman, Hiral D. Mehta, on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For all of the Director Defendants-Appellees: Other than Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Andrew J. Levander, Kathleen N. Massey, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Thomas K. Johnson II, J. Ian Downes, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Adam J. Wasserman. For Defendant-Appellee: Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Patricia M. Hynes, Todd S. Fishman, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor., M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Benjamin R. Botts, Attorney, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 11-4232-cv

    Cite as: Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv, NYLJ 1202611058774, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 15, 2013) 11-4232-cv Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan

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