ALLEN v. CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

Nos. 16-3327-cv (L), 16-3571-cv (CON) August Term 2016.

895 F.3d 214 (2018)

Doris Sue ALLEN, Donna S. Lucas, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Dana Kellen, Hedy L. Anselman, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., Hsbc Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, RBS Securities Inc., UBS AG, UBS Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas North America, Inc., UBS Investment Bank, UBS Investment Bank, Americas, UBS Group Ag, Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc., Barclays Group US Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Does, 1-30, Does, 1-40, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citicorp, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNP Prime Brokerage Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

REGINA M. MARKEY ( J. Brian McTigue , on the brief), McTigue Law LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

DAVID G. JANUSZEWSKI ( Herbert S. Washer , Elai Katz , Jason M. Hall , Sheila C. Ramesh , on the brief), Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Credit Suisse AG and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

MATTHEW A. SCHWARTZ ( Yvonne S. Quinn , David H. Braff , on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., and Barclays Group US Inc.

Adam S. Hakki , Richard F. Schwed , Jeffrey J. Resetarits , Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.

David C. Esseks , Laura R. Hall , Rebecca Delfiner , Allen & Overy LLP, New York, New York; John Terzaken , Allen & Overy LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees BNP Paribas Group and BNP Paribas North America, Inc., and Defendants BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and BNP Prime Brokerage, Inc.

Andrew A. Ruffino , Covington & Burling LLP, New York, New York; Alan M. Wiseman , Thomas A. Isaacson , Andrew D. Lazerow , Julie M. Edmond , Jamie A. Heine , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup Inc.

Joseph Serino, Jr. , Eric F. Leon , Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Deutsche Bank AG.

Thomas J. Moloney , George S. Cary , Sue S. Guan , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Gregory T. Casamento , Locke Lord LLP, New York, New York; Roger B. Cowie , Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, Texas; J. Matthew Goodin , Julia C. Webb , Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Peter E. Greene , Boris Bershteyn , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York; Stephen L. Ratner , Russell L. Hirschhorn , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Jonathan M. Moses , Bradley R. Wilson , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.

Joel M. Cohen , Melissa C. King , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, and RBS Securities Inc.

D. Jarrett Arp , Melanie L. Katsur , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark A. Kirsch , Indraneel Sur , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees UBS AG, UBS Group AG, UBS Securities LLC, UBS Investment Bank, and UBS Investment Bank, Americas.

Before: Jacobs, Leval, Raggi, Circuit Judges.


In this civil action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1132(a)(2) and (a)(3), the named plaintiffs, acting on behalf of a putative class of trustees, beneficiaries, and participants of various ERISA Employee Benefit Plans ("Plans"),1

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