NEW ENGLAND CARPENTERS GUARANTEED v. DECARLO

Docket No. 20-1643-cv August Term, 2020.

80 F.4th 158 (2023)

NEW ENGLAND CARPENTERS GUARANTEED ANNUITY AND PENSION FUNDS, Lead Plaintiff-Appellant, Stanley Newmark, Irving Lichtman Revocable Living Trust, Jupiter Capital Management, Plaintiff-Movant-Appellants, Sharon Albano, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Consolidated-Plaintiff-Movant-Appellant, John Sachetti, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Consolidated-Plaintiff, Joel Rubel, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Donald T. DECARLO, Susan C. Fisch, Abraham Gulkowitz, George Karfunkel, Jay J. Miller, Consolidated-Defendants-Appellees, AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Barry D. Zyskind, Ronald E. Pipoly, Jr., BDO USA, LLP, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Love ( Susan K. Alexander , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, CA; Samuel H. Rudman , David A. Rosenfeld , Mark T. Millkey , William J. Geddish , Avital O. Malina , Robert D. Gerson , Vincent M. Serra , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; Jeremy A. Lieberman , Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Thomas J. McKenna , Gainey McKenna & Egleston, New York, NY; Kim E. Miller , Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New York, NY, on the brief), Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steven M. Farina ( John S. Williams , Matthew J. Greer , on the brief), Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Barry D. Zyskind, Ronald E. Pipoly, Jr., Donald T. DeCarlo, Susan C. Fisch, Abraham Gulkowitz, George Karfunkel, and Jay J. Miller.

Timothy E. Hoeffner ( Jason D. Gerstein , Ludwig von Rigal , on the brief), McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee BDO USA, LLP.

Gregg L. Weiner ( Christopher Thomas Brown , Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY; William T. Davison , Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA), Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Before: LOHIER, NARDINI, Circuit Judges, and KOVNER, Judge.


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