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IN RE WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

Nos. CIV.A. H-99-2183, CIV.A. H-99-2222, CIV.A. H-99-2226, CIV.A. H-99-2231, CIV.A. H-99-2253, CIV.A. H-99-2258, CIV.A. H-99-2331, CIV.A. H-99-2334, CIV.A. H-99-2459, CIV.A. H-99-2460, CIV.A. H-99-2482, CIV.A. H-99-2483, CIV.A. H-99-2492, CIV.A. H-99-2507, CIV.A. H-99-2514, CIV.A. H-99-2515, CIV.A. H-99-2559, CIV.A. H-99-2560, CIV.A. H-99-2591, CIV.A. H-99-2610, CIV.A. H-99-26190, CIV.A. H-99-2619, CIV.A. H-99-2183, CIV.A. H-99-2670, CIV.A. H-99-2706, CIV.A. H-99-2802, CIV.A. H-99-2808, CIV.A. H-99-2824, CIV.A. H-99-2832, CIV.A. H-99-2838, CIV.A. H-99-3673, CIV.A. H-99-4311.

128 F.Supp.2d 401 (2000)

In re WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION, Jane S. Perkins, Seymour Perkins, and Morris Glenn Jr., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Ralph Jacobs, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Steven J. Weiss, M.D. Profit Sharing Plan, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc. and Rodney R. Proto, Defendants Mark J. Novick, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants David A. Beery, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Richard Krantz, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Nanette Bigler, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc. and Rodney R. Proto, Defendants Katherine Albert, on Behalf of Herself and All others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Neal Ginsberg, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., Rodney R. Proto, Earl E. DeFrates, William Rothrock, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Frank Ricotta, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Avi Gletzer, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc. and Rodney R. Proto, Defendants Bernard Kwait, on Behalf of Himself and All others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Aaron Priest, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff [VV] v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Joseph Stefens, on Behalf of Himself and All others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Salvatore Russo and Ann Marie Russo, On Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Warren Hills, Individually and on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Ralph V. Whitworth, Rodney R. Proto, Earl E. DeFrates, Bruce E. Snyder, and Gregory T. Sangalis, Defendants William R. Buehring, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Alvin Pasternak, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., Rodney R. Proto, Earl E. DeFrates, William Rothrock, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Michael Ceasar, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Douglas W. Bullock, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Thomas Lipka, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Michael Lopresti and Corinne L.L. Gelerman, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., Robert Paul Damico, John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, On Behalf Of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, and Bruce Snyder, Defendants Nathan Schwitzer, On Behalf Of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants Boris Shapiro, IRA On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, and Bruce Snyder, Defendants Waldin Haddadin, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland-Yoest, and Charles A. Wilcox, Defendants The City of Philadelphia Through Its Board of Pensions and Retirement, On Behalf of Itself and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, and Bruce Snyder, Defendants Birmingham Retirement and Relief Fund and American Home Life Company, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, William A. Rothrock, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox, and Robert Paul Damico, Defendants Gersh Korsinsky, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, and Bruce Snyder, Defendants. Ruvane Vilinsky and Mitchell Vilinsky, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, v. Waste Management, Inc., John E. Drury, Earl E. DeFrates, Rodney R. Proto, and Bruce Snyder, Defendants Jerry Krim, Plaintiff, v. Waste Management, Inc., Rodney R. Proto, John E. Drury, Miller J. Matthews, Jr., Ronald H. Jones, William A. Rothrock, Robert S. Miller, Susan J. Piller, Gregory T. Sangalis, Douglas G. Sobey, David Southerland-Yoest, Charles A. Wilcox, and Robert Amico, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

May 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S Lerach, Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Roger B Greenberg, Greenberg Peden et al, Houston, TX, Travis E Downs, III, James Robert Hail, Milberg Weiss et al, San Diego, CA, for Jane S Perkins, Seymour Perkins, Morris Glenn Whitcomb, Jr.

Thomas E Bilek, Hoeffner Bilek & Eidman, Houston, TX, Michael P Lynn, Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer and Tillotson, Dallas, TX, for WMI Institutional Shareholder Group.

Jacks C Nickens, Clements O'Neill et al, Houston, TX, Alan Schulman, Bernstein Litowitz et al, San Diego, CA, for Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.

D Gibson Walton, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Charles W Schwartz, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Waste Management Inc., Robert S. Miller.

Mark K Glasser, Porter & Hedges, Houston, TX, for John E Drury.

Wallace L Timmeny, Dechert Price et al, James E Ballowe, Dechert Price et al, Vincent J Badolato, Dechert Price et al, Catherine Botticelli, Dechert Price et al, Washington, DC, for Earl E Defrates, Ronald H Jones, Susan J Piller, Douglas G Sobey, David Sutherland-Yoest, Charles A Wilcox.

Bruce Davidson Oakley, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Alexander M Cooper, Eric F Grossman, Gary G Lynch, Davis Polk et al, New York, NY, for Rodney R Proto.

Kenneth R Wynne, Wynne & Maney, Houston, TX, for Miller J Matthews, Jr.

Stephen J Harburg, O'Melveny & Myers, Sarah M Kopp, Bruce A Hiler, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, for Gregory T Sangalis.

Jules Brody, Stull Stull & Brody, New York, NY, for Ambrose Hamm.

Jacks C Nickens, Clements O'Neill et al, Houston, TX, Alan Schulman, Bernstein Litowitz et al, San Diego, CA, for The Public Pension Fund Group.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVING LEAD COUNSEL

HARMON, District Judge.

The above referenced proposed class action consists of thirty-two consolidated actions brought by Plaintiffs composed of Waste Management, Inc.'s stock, bond and/or options purchasers or acquirers whose investments were obtained during a proposed class period, as yet undetermined, sometime between 6/10/98 and 8/16/99.1 The consolidated...

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