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  • Gamma Traders I LLC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-17
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Gamma Traders-I LLC, et al.: Deborah Clark-Weintraub, Max R. Schwartz, Thomas L. Laughlin, IV, Jeffrey P. Jacobson, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Woofter, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD; Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the briefs, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc., and Bank of America Corporation: Adam S. Hakki, on the brief, Richard F. Schwed, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee John Pacilio: David H. McGill, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Edward Bases: Evan Cohen, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Stamford, CT.
    Case Number: 21-853

    Plaintiffs Fail to Allege They Were Injured by Defendants' Trading Activities

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