TONGUE v. SANOFI

Nos. 15-588-cv, 15-623-cv.

816 F.3d 199 (2016)

Gen. Partner Glenn TONGUE, Deerhaven Capital Management, Plaintiffs-Appellants, John Solak, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, Vincent Stasiulewicz, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Consolidated Plaintiff, v. SANOFI, Defendant-Appellee, Christopher Viehbacher, David Meeker, Jerome Contamine, Defendants-Consolidated Defendants-Appellees. Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Consolidated Defendant. AG Funds, L.P., AG MM, L.P., AG Super Fund International, L.P., AG Princess, L.P., Nutmeg Partners, L.P., AG Super Fund, L.P., Aristeia Horizons, L.P., Windermere Ireland Fund Plc, Compass Esma, L.P., Compass TSMA, L.P., Xeropolis L.L.C., OZ Els Master Fund, Ltd., OZ Master Fund, Ltd., OZ Eureka Fund, L.P., Gordel Capital Limited, OZ Europe Master Fund, Ltd., OZ Global Special Investments Master Fund, L.P., OZ Select Master Fund, Ltd., OZ Global Equity Opportunities Master Fund, OZ Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd., Sapelo LLC, Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P., Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Partners, L.P., Whitebox Asymmetric Partners, L.P., Whitebox Multistrategy Partners, L.P., Pandora Select Partners, L.P., Whitebox Institutional Partners, L.P., Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund Series B Partners, L.P., Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund, Series O, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Goldman Sachs Profit Sharing Master Trust, Merrill Lynch Investment Solutions Och-Ziff European Multi-Strategy UCITS Fund, Ozea, L.P., Plaintiffs, v. Sanofi, Genzyme Corporation, Christopher Viehbacher, David Meeker, Jerome Contamine, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Nelson ( James M. Ficaro , Brett D. Stecker , on the brief), The Weiser Law Firm, P.C., Berwyn, PA, Daniella Quitt , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Gen. Partner Glenn Tongue, Deerhaven Capital Management.

John B. Orenstein ( Harry N. Niska , on the brief), Ross Orenstein & Baudry LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants AG Funds, L.P. et al.

John Neuwirth ( Joshua S. Amsel , Caroline Hickey Zalka , Justin D. D'Aloia , on the brief), Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: PARKER, LOHIER, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


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