IN RE HERALD

Docket Nos. 12-156-cv (L), 12-162 (Con.).

730 F.3d 112 (2013)

In re HERALD, Primeo, and Thema. Dana Trezziova, Neville Seymour Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Repex Ventures, S.A., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Schmuel Cabilly, Korea Exchange Bank, Plaintiffs, v. Sonja Kohn, Primeo Select Fund, Primeo Executive Fund, Hannes Saleta, Ernst & Young Global Limited, HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A., HSBC Holdings PLC, Bank Medici, UniCredit, Bank Austria, Pioneer Global Asset Management S.P.A., Alfred Simon, Karl E. Kaniak, Hans-Peter Tiefenbacher, Johannes P. Spalek, Nigel H. Fielding, James E. O'Neill, Alberto Larocca, Declan Murray, Ursula Radel-Leszcynski, Michael Wheaton, BA Worldwide Fund Management, Ltd., Pioneer Alternative Investment Management Ltd., Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited, Bank of Bermuda (Luxembourg) S.A., Bank of Bermuda Limited, Ernst & Young (Cayman), Alberto Benbassat, Stephane Benbassat, Genevalor, Benbassat & Cie, Gerald J.P. Brady, John Holliwell, Sonja Kohn, Daniel Morrissey, David T. Smith, Werner Tripolt, Bank Medici AG, UniCredit Spa, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Ltd., HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Ltd., HSBC Holdings PLC, PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Dublin), PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Bermuda, Thema Asset Management Limited, BA Worldwide Fund Management Limited, Peter Madoff, Andrew Madoff, Mark Madoff, William Fry, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon, Herald (Lux), Messrs. Ferdinand Burg and Carlo Reding, The Court Appointed Liquidators for Herald (Lux), Herald Asset Management Limited, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Herald USA Fund, Ernst & Young S.A., Friedrich Pfeffer, Franco Mugnai, Thema International Fund PLC, Defendants-Appellees, Bernard L. Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Bank Medici S.A., Peter Scheithauer, Herald USA Fund, Herald Luxemburg Fund, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, UniCredit S.A., Pioneer Alternative Investments, HSBC Securities Services, S.A., Haml, Paul De Sury, Gabriel Safdie, William A. Jones, Helmuth E. Frey, Andreas Pirkner, Richard Goddard, Ernst & Young, Friehling & Horowitz, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Bottini, Jr. ( Albert Y. Chang , Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan & Bottini LLP; Eric Alan Isaacson , Joseph D. Daley , Jessica T. Shinnefield , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, on the brief), Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan & Bottini LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Neville Seymour Davis.

Timothy Joseph Burke , Stull, Stull & Brody, Beverly Hills, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Dana Trezziova.

Susan L. Saltzstein ( Marco E. Schnabl , on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee UniCredit S.p.a.

Michael E. Wiles , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Alberto Benbassat, Stephane Benbassat, Genevalor, Benbassat & Cie, Gerald J.P. Brady, Daniel Morrissey, David T. Smith, Thema Asset Management Limited, and Thema International Fund plc.

Thomas J. Moloney ( David E. Brodsky , Evan A. Davis , Charles J. Keeley , Daniel D. Queen , on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Limited, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited, and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A.

Patricia M. Hynes ( Andrew Rhys Davies , Laura R. Hall , on the brief), Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Thomas G. Rafferty ( Antony L. Ryan , on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Dublin).

James C. Dugan , Mitchell J. Auslander , Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee William Fry.

Price O. Gielen , Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Defendant-Appellee Sonja Kohn.

Franklin B. Velie , Jonathan G. Kortmansky , Mitchell C. Stein , Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee UniCredit Bank Austria AG.

Brett S. Moore , Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Herald (LUX) by and through Messrs. Ferdinand Burg and Carlo Reding, the Court-Appointed Liquidators for Herald (LUX).

Joseph Serino, Jr. , Jay P. Lefkowitz , David S. Flugman , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Herald USA Fund, Franco Mugnai, and Friedrich Pfeffer.

Jeff G. Hammel , Maria A. Barton , Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Hannes Saleta.

Lewis J. Liman , Jeffrey A. Rosenthal , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.

Sanford M. Litvack , Dennis H. Tracey, III , Lisa J. Fried , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee PriceWaterhouseCoopers Bermuda.

Michael P. Carroll , James H.R. Windels , Michael S. Flynn , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Fraser L. Hunter, Jr. , Brad E. Konstandt , WilmerHale LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.

William R. Maguire , Marc A. Weinstein , Gabrielle S. Marshall , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Ernst & Young (Cayman).

Richard A. Martin , Katherine L. Maco , Alison K. Roffi , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Ernst & Young S.A.

Claudius O. Sokenu , John M. Massaro , Arthur Luk, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Ernst & Young Global Limited.

Before: PARKER, CARNEY, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.


RAKOFF, District Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Dana Trezziova and Neville Seymour Davis appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Berman, J.), which, inter alia, granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claims against defendants-appellees JPMorgan Chase & Co. ("JPMorgan") and the Bank of New York Mellon ("BNY") on the ground that the claims were precluded by the Securities Litigation...

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