IN RE VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A. SECURITIES LITIG.

Civil Action Nos. 02 Civ. 5571 (RJH)(HBP), 03 Civ. 2175 (RJH)(HBP).

618 F.Supp.2d 335 (2009)

In re VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A. SECURITIES LITIGATION Liberty Media Corporation, LMC Capital LLC, Liberty Programming Company LLC, LMC USA VI, Inc., LMC USA VII, Inc., LMC USA VIII, Inc., LMC USA X, Inc., Liberty HSN LLC Holdings, Inc., and Liberty Media International, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Vivendi Universal S.A., Jean-Marie Messier, Guillaume Hannezo, and Universal Studios, Inc., Defendants.

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

May 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corey D. Holzer, Holzer Holzer & Cannon LLC, Atlanta, GA, Gregory Mark Nespole, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Sol Schreiber, Sylvia Wahba, Brian C. Kerr, William Beecher Scoville, Jr., Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, Arthur N. Abbey, Richard Barry Margolies, Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams & Paradis, LLP, Christine M. MacKintosh, Grant & Eisenhower, P.A., Harold F. McGuire, Jr., Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Leslie Margaret Kelleher, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Maureen Patricia Reid, Baker Botts L.L.P., Jonathan Scott Shapiro, Robert Jason Shapiro, The Shapiro Law Firm, LLP, David J. Goldsmith, Eric James Belfi, Javier Bleichmar, Lawrence Alan Sucharow, Russel Neil Jacobson, Labaton Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, James Stuart Notis, Gardy & Notis, LLP, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Patrick J. Coughlin, Randi D. Bandman, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Los Angeles, CA, Stuart M. Grant, Grant & Eisenhofer, PA, Wilmington, DE, Robert N. Cappucci, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Florham Park, NJ, Michael Calhoon, R. Stan Mortenson, Robert K. Kry, Jeffrey A. Lamken, Paul F. Enzinna, Evans Rice, J. Evans Rice, III, Stacy L. Paxson, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, DC, Bryan Anthony Erman, Baker Botts LLP, Dallas, TX, Benjamin J. Hinerfeld, David Kessler, John J. Gross, John Anthony Kehoe, Jonathen R. Cagan, Steven D. Resnick, Stuart Berman, Katharine M. Ryan, Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP (PA), Radnor, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Luke O. Brooks, Michael J. Malone, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Michael A. Paskin, Michael T. Reynolds, Daniel Slifkin, Paul C. Saunders, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Michael Everett Swartz, Martin L. Perschetz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, James W. Quinn, Jonathan D. Polkes, Penny Packard Reid, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, James George Szymanski, Morris Alexander Bowie, II, Richard Michael Lorenzo, Day Pitney, L.L.P., Jennifer Hurley McGay, McKee Nelson LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

KBC Asset Management N.V., Washington, DC, pro se.

Capitalia Asset Management SGR, S.P.A., pro se.

Capitalia Investment Management S.A., pro se.

Eurizon Capital SGR S.P.A., pro se.

Petercam S.A./N.V., pro se.

Pensions Management (SWF) Limited, pro se.

CI Investments, Inc., pro se.

Fortis Gesbeta SGIIC S.A., pro se.

GAM Fund Management Limited, pro se.

Scottish Widows PLC, pro se.

Scottish Widows Unit Funds Limited, pro se.

Lloyds TSB Group Pension Scheme No. 1, pro se.

Lloyds TSB Group Pension Scheme No. 2, pro se.

Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division Pension Scheme, pro se.

Lloyds TSB Offshore Funds Limited, pro se.

Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited, pro se.

Irish Life Investment Managers Limited, pro se.

Eurizon Capital S.A., pro se.

Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec, pro se.

Allianz Global Investors France, S.A., pro se.

Eurizon Capital SGR S.P.A., pro se.

WSV, pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge.

Third party witness Ernst & Young LLP (U.S.) ("E & Y-U.S.") objects to Magistrate Judge Pitman's order, dated January 9, 2009 (the "Magistrate's Order"), compelling discovery of various documents in its possession. For the reasons stated below, the Court denies the objection.

BACKGROUND

Familiarity with the Magistrate's Order is assumed. The Court here provides...

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