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IN RE REFCO, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

07 MDL No. 1902 (GEL). No. 07 Civ. 11604(GEL).

628 F.Supp.2d 432 (2008)

In re REFCO, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION. Marc S. Kirschner, As Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust, Plaintiff, v. Grant Thornton LLP, Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, et al., Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Pricewaterhouse-coopers LLP, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (f/k/a Credit Suisse First Boston LLC), Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Philip R. Bennett, Santo C. Maggio, Robert C. Trosten, Tone N. Grant, Refco Group Holdings, Inc., Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC, William T. Pigott, EMF Financial Products, LLC, EMF Core Fund, Ltd., Delta Flyer Fund, LLC, Eric M. Flanagan, Ingram Micro, Inc., CIM Ventures, Inc., Beckenham Trading Co., Inc., Andrew Krieger, Coast Asset Management, LLC (f/k/a Coast Asset Management LP), CS Land Management, LLC, and Christopher Petitt, Defendants.

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

April 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard I. Werder, Jr., Michael B. Carlinsky, Susheel Kirpalani, Sascha N. Rand, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Philip D. Anker, Robert B. McCaw, Lori A. Martin, John V.H. Pierce, Dawn M. Wilson, Michael L. Feinberg, Ross E. Firsenbaum, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston LLC), Banc of America Securities LLC, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

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.

James J. Capra, Jr., Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.

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

Anthony M. Candido, Joel M. Cohen, Clifford Chance U.S. LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant UK Limited Liability Partnership Mayer Brown International LLP.

OPINION AND ORDER

GERARD E. LYNCH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Marc S. Kirschner, in his capacity as Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust, originally filed this action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, asserting claims under Illinois state law against certain Refco insiders, professionals, and advisors for, inter alia, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and malpractice. Certain defendants (the "Removing Defendants"1

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