ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK v. MORGAN STANLEY & CO.

No. 08 Civ. 7508(SAS).

651 F.Supp.2d 155 (2009)

ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK, King County, Washington Together and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, the Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a the Bank of New York), QSR Management Limited, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Moody's Investors Service Ltd., Standard and Poor's Ratings Services and the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., Defendants.

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

September 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Coughlin, Esq., Daniel S. Drosman, Esq., Anne L. Box, Esq., Jessica T. Shinnefield, Esq., Nathan R. Lindell, Esq., Darryl J. Alvarado, Esq., David C. Walton, Esq., San Diego, CA, Michael F. Ghozland, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Jarrett S. Charo, Esq., Melville, NY, Jason C. Davis, Esq. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

James P. Rouhandeh, Esq., Antonio J. Perez-Marques, Esq., Russell Capone, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited.

Jonathan H. Sherman, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. Washington, DC, Damien J. Marshall, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants The Bank of New York Mellon and QSR Management Limited.

Joshua M. Rubins, Esq., James J. Coster, Esq., Glenn C. Edwards, Esq., Justin E. Klein, Esq., Aaron M. Zeisler, Esq., Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Moody's Investors Service, Incorporated and Moody's Investors Service Limited.

Floyd Abrams, Esq., Dean I. Ringel, Esq., Adam N. Zurofsky, Esq., Andrea R. Butler, Esq., Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Standard & Poor's Rating Services and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Incorporated.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two institutional investors, King County, Washington ("King County") and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank ("ADCB" and, together with King County, "plaintiffs"), bring this class action to recover losses stemming from the liquidation of notes issued by a structured investment vehicle ("SIV") between October 2004 and October 2007.1 Plaintiffs have...

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