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IN RE AMERICAN EXP. CO. SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION

No. 91 Civ. 0256 (PKL).

840 F.Supp. 260 (1993)

In re AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION.

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

December 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenfield & Chimicles, Haverford, PA (Kenneth A. Jacobsen and Ira Neil Richards, of counsel), Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, New York City (Edward Labaton and Lynda G. Jacobs, of counsel), for Lewis plaintiffs.

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, New York City (Fred Taylor Isquith, of counsel), for Lewis and Gross plaintiffs.

Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, New York City (Lee S. Shalov, Melvyn I. Weiss, Robert P. Sugarman, of counsel), for Ferber plaintiff.

Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA (Bradford J. Lam, of counsel), for Gross plaintiffs.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City (Mark A. Belnick, Arthur L. Liman, Julie A. Domonkos, Joseph H. Brennan, Jean McMahon, of counsel), for Director defendants.

Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman, New York City (James F. Gill, James M. Altman, Steven M. Stimell, of counsel), for defendant Susan Cantor.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City (John J. Walsh, Steven J. Selby, Gary M. Rosen, of counsel), for defendant Harry L. Freeman.

OPINION AND ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge.

This is a derivative action brought by shareholders of the American Express Company ("American Express") against several former and current directors (the "Directors") and officers of American Express. Count one of the First Amended Consolidated Complaint (the "Complaint") alleges that certain of the Directors violated section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(a) ("Section...

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