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IN RE BEAR STEARNS COMPANIES, INC.

No. 08 MDL 1963.

763 F.Supp.2d 423 (2011)

In re BEAR STEARNS COMPANIES, INC. SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE, AND ERISA LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: Securities Action, 08 Civ. 2793 Derivative Action, 07 Civ. 10453 ERISA Action, 08 Civ. 2804.

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

January 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keller Rohrback LLP, by: David S. Preminger, Esq. , New York, NY, by: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq. , Derek W. Loeser, Esq. , Erin M. Riley, Esq. , Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq. , Seattle, WA, Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, by: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq. , Edward W. Ciolko, Esq. , Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq. , Shannon O. Lack, Esq. , Radnor, PA, for the Securities Plaintiffs.

Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, by: Milo Silberstein, Esq. , New York, NY, for the Securities Plaintiffs.

Berman Devalerio , by: Jeffrey C. Block, Esq. , Patrick T. Egan, Esq. , Justin Saif, Esq. , Boston, MA, by: Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Esq. , Julie J. Bai, Esq. , San Francisco, CA, Labaton Sucharow LLP, by: Thomas A. Dubbs, Esq. , James W. Johnson, Esq. , Michael W. Stocker, Esq. , New York, NY, for Lead Securities Plaintiff State of Michigan Retirement Systems.

Brower Piven, P.C., by: David A.P. Brower, Esq. , New York, NY, Robbins Umeda LLP, by: Marc M. Umeda, Esq. , George C. Aguilar, Esq. , Shane P. Sanders, Esq. , Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Esq. , San Diego, CA, for the Derivative Plaintiff.

Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, by: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq. , Edward W. Ciolko, Esq. , Julie Siebert-Johnson, Esq. , Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq. , Shannon O. Lack, Esq. , Mark K. Gyandoh, Esq. , James A. Maro, Jr., Esq. , Radnor, PA, Keller Rohrback LLP, by: David S. Preminger, Esq. , New York, NY, by: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq. , Derek W. Loeser, Esq. , Erin M. Riley, Esq. , Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq. , Seattle, WA, for the ERISA Plaintiffs.

Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, by: Milo Silberstein, Esq. , New York, NY, for ERISA Plaintiffs.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, by: Eric. S. Goldstein, Esq. , Brad S. Karp, Esq. , Lewis R. Clayton, Esq. , Douglas M. Pravda, Esq. , New York, NY, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, by: Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., Esq. , F. Michael Kail, Esq. , Washington, DC, for Defendants The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Michael Minikes, Kathleen Cavallo, Stephen Lacoff, and Robert Steinberg.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, by: David S. Frankel, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant James E. Cayne.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, by: Jay B. Kasner, Esq. , Susan Saltzstein, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Alan D. Schwartz.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, by: Michael Chepiga, Esq. , William T. Russell, Jr., Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Samuel L. Molinaro, Jr.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, by: Ronald Richman, Esq. , Jill L. Goldberg, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Alan C. Greenberg.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, by: David B. Anders, Esq. , Meredith L. Turner, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Warren J. Spector.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, by: Richard A. Edlin, Esq. , Ronald D. Lefton, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Jeffrey Mayer.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, by: Randy M. Mastro, Esq. , Robert F. Serio, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendants Henry S. Bienen, Carl D. Glickman, Michael Goldstein, Donald J. Harrington, Frank T. Nickell, Paul A. Novelly, Frederic V. Salerno, Vincent Tese and Wesley S. Williams, Jr.

Wiggin & Dana LLP, by: Scott D. Corrigan, Esq. , Jeffrey P. Wade, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Michael Alix.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, by: Michael R. Young, Esq. , Antonio Yanez, Jr., Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Jeffrey M. Farber.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, by: Max R. Shulman, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendant Deloitte & Touche LLP.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

                                       TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS ....................................................................... 443

II. THE MOTION OF THE BEAR STEARNS DEFENDANTS TO DISMISS
     THE SECURITIES COMPLAINT IS DENIED .................................................... 443

    A. The Parties ........................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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