KIRSCHNER v. BENNETT

No. 07 Civ. 8165 (GEL).

648 F.Supp.2d 525 (2009)

Marc S. KIRSCHNER, as Trustee of the Refco Private Actions Trust, Plaintiff, v. Phillip R. BENNETT, Santo C. Maggio Robert C. Trosten, Mayer, Brown Rowe & Maw, LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, and Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Defendants.

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

August 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard I. Werder, Jr., Sascha N. Rand, Sanford I. Weisburst, Rebecca J. Trent, Stephen Broome, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiff.

John K. Villa, Michael Sundermeyer, Craig D. Singer, Thomas G. Ward, Williams & Connoly LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant Mayer Brown LLP.

Joel M. Cohen, Anthony M. Candido, Timothy Casey, Clifford Chance U.S. LLP, New York, NY, for defendant Mayer Brown Int'l LLP.

David E. Mollón, Bradley E. Lerman, Catherine W. Joyce, Linda T. Coberly, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL, for defendant Grant Thornton LLP.

Christopher R. Harris, Miles N. Ruthberg, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY, and William P. Hammer, Jr., Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY, for defendant Ernst & Young LLP.


OPINION AND ORDER

GERARD E. LYNCH, District Judge:

Plaintiff Marc S. Kirschner, in his capacity as Trustee of the Refco Private Actions Trust ("Trustee" or "Private Actions Trustee"), originally filed this action in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of Refco's foreign-exchange customers (the "FX customers"), asserting claims under New York state law against certain Refco insiders, professionals, and advisors for, inter alia, breach of fiduciary...

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