SERINO v. LIPPER


47 A.D.3d 70 (2007)

846 N.Y.S.2d 138

MATTHEW SERINO et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. KENNETH LIPPER et al., Appellants-Respondents, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, Respondent-Appellant, and ABRAHAM BIDERMAN, Respondent, et al., Defendants. LIPPER HOLDINGS, LLC, et al., Respondents, and KENNETH LIPPER, Appellant-Respondent, v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York City (Jeremy H. Temkin, Elkan Abramowitz, Catherine M. Foti, Benjamin S. Fischer and David Austin of counsel), for Kenneth Lipper, appellant-respondent.

Bennett Jones LLP, New York City (Alan P. Gardner of counsel), for Lipper Holdings, LLC and others, appellants-respondents, and for Jerome Services Corp. LDC, respondent.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York City (J. Peter Coll, Jr., Peter A. Bicks, Steven J. Fink, Joshua M. Cutler and Annabelle Chan of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Orans Elsen & Lupert LLP, New York City (Ashley U. Menendez and Sheldon H. Elsen of counsel), for Abraham Biderman, respondent.

TOM, J.P., ANDRIAS and GONZALEZ, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MALONE, J.

The two actions before this Court are the latest among the several lawsuits arising out of the collapse of Lipper Convertibles, L.P. and other investment funds.

Background Facts

Lipper & Company, Inc. (Lipper, Inc.), an asset investment vehicle founded by Kenneth Lipper, formed the following investment hedge funds: Lipper Convertibles, L.P. (Convertibles), Lipper Offshore Convertibles (Offshore...

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