IN RE REFCO, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

No. 05 Civ. 8626(GEL).

503 F.Supp.2d 611 (2007)

In re REFCO, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Coffey, Max W. Berger, Salvatore J. Graziano, John C. Browne, and Jeremy P. Robinson, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, New York, and Stuart M. Grant, James J. Sabena, Megan D. McIntyre, Jeff A. Almeida, Christine M. Mackintosh, and Jill Agro, Grant & Eisenhofer PA., New York, New York and Wilmington, Delaware, for Lead Plaintiffs Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC and RH "Capital LLC and the Prospective Class.

Robert B. McCaw, Lori A. Martin, John V.H. Pierce, and Dawn M. Wilson, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York, for the "144A" or "Bond Underwriter" Defendants.

Jeffrey T. Golenbock and Adam C. Silverstein, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants Phillip R. Bennett, Refco Group Holdings Inc., and Phillip R. Bennett Three Year Annuity Trust.

Bruce R. Braun, Bradley E. Lerman, Linda T. Coberly, and David Mollón, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois, and Margaret Maxwell Zegel and Tracy W. Berry, Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant Grant Thornton LLP.

Michael T. Hannafan, Blake T. Hannafan, and Nicholas A. Pavich, Hannafan & Hannafan, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, and Norman Eisen and Melinda Sarafa, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant Tone Grant.

Helen B. Kim and Marc D. Powers, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, New York and Los Angeles, California, and Richard E. Nathan, Nathan Law Office, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant Dennis A. Kleina.

Stuart L. Shapiro, Matthew J. Sava, and Yoram J. Miller, Shapiro Forman Allen Sava & McPherson LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants Joseph J. Murphy and Gerald M. Sherer.

Ivan Kline, Stuart I. Friedman, and Elizabeth D. Meacham, Friedman & Wittenstein, New York, New York, for Defendant William M. Sexton.

Holly K. Kulka, Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant Philip Silverman.

Greg' A. Danilow and Paul Dutka (Seth Goodchild and Joshua S. Amsel, on the brief), Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, for the "THL" and "Audit Committee" Defendants.

Barbara Moses and Rachel Korenblat, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant Robert Trosten.


OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

Various defendants in this large securities class action arising from the collapse of Refco Inc. and its affiliated companies ("Refco") move for dismissal or partial dismissal of the First Amended Complaint as to them. This opinion addresses ten motions to dismiss by twenty-eight defendants, many of whom raise overlapping arguments. Accordingly, to avoid an unduly duplicative and lengthy opinion, the movants' legal...

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