IN RE MERRILL LYNCH, SECS., DERIV. & ERISA LIT.

No. 07 Civ. 9633(JSR).

692 F.Supp.2d 370 (2010)

In re MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE AND ERISA LITIGATION Pertains to Derivative Action, 07 Civ. 9696 and Lambrecht v. O'Neal, 09 Civ. 8259.

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

March 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan W. Cuneo, Matthew E. Miller, Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, Washington, DC, Richard D. Greenfield, Marguerite R. Goodman, Greenfield & Goodman, LLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiff N.A. Lambrecht in 09-CV-8259.

Jay B. Kasner, Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Nominal Defendants Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Bank of American Corp. in 09-CV-8259.

Michael J. Chepiga, John C. Briody, Sarah L. Dunn, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant E. Stanley O'Neal in 09-CV-8259.

James N. Benedict, Andrew W. Robertson, Michael B. Weiner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Ahmass L. Fakahany in 09-CV-8259 and 07-CV-9696.

Jonathan D. Polkes, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Gregory J. Fleming in 09-CV-8259 and 07-CV-9696.

William M. Moran, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Do Woo "Dow" Kim in 09-CV-8259.

Hollis Gonerka Bart, Brian Dunefsky, Chaya F. Weinberg-Brodt, Withers Bergman, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Osman Semerci in 09-CV-8259.

Daniel J. Fetterman, Adam K. Grant, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, New York, NY for Defendant Dale Lattanzio in 09-CV-8259.

Hentry Putzel, III, Lucia T. Chapman, Law Office of Henry Putzel, III, New York, NY, for Defendant Douglas J. Mallach in 09-CV-8259.

Andrew J. Levander, David S. Hoffner, Dechert, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant John A. Thain in 09-CV-8259 and 07-CV-9696.

Colby A. Smith, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY, Mary Jo White, Andrew J. Ceresney, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Kenneth D. Lewis in 09-CV-8259.

Elkan Abramowitz, Richard D. Weinberg, Eli J. Mark, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant Gregory L. Curl in 09-CV-8259.

Richard D. Bernstein, Antonio Yanez, Jr., Sameer Advani, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Jeffrey N. Edwards in 09-CV-8259.

David A.P. Brower, Brower Piven, New York, NY, for Derivative Plaintiffs Exec. Committee and Liaison Counsel and Counsel for Derivative Plaintiff Miriam Loveman in 07-CV-9696.

Jay B. Kasner, Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY, Eric M Roth, Rodman K. Forter, Jr., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, for Nominal Defendants Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Bank of American Corp. in 07-CV-9696.

Dennis J. Block, Gregory A. Markel, Jason M. Halper, New York, NY, for Defendants Carol T. Christ, Armando M. Codina, Virgis W. Colbert, Alberto Cribiore, John D. Finnegan, Judith Mayhew Jonas, Aulana L. Peters, Joseph W. Preueher, Ann N. Reese, and Charles 0. Rossotti in 07-CV-9696.

Michael J. Chepiga, Paul C. Cumin, Jason S. Stone, Sarah L. Dunn, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant E. Stanley O'Neal in 07-CV-9696.

Richard D. Bernstein, Michael R. Young, Frank M. Scaduto, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Jeffrey N. Edwards in 07-C9696.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

In this massive litigation, arising from the huge losses experienced by Merrill Lynch & Co. ("Merrill") in the period prior to its acquisition by Bank of America ("BofA"), two of the lawsuits—a consolidated action known as the Derivative Action, 07 Civ. 9696, and a later-filed action, Lambrecht v. O'Neal, originally filed as 08 Civ. 6582 but now refiled as 09 Civ. 8259—...

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