IN RE MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

No. 07 Civ. 9633(JSR).

773 F.Supp.2d 330 (2011)

In re MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE AND ERISA LITIGATION. Pertains to Derivative Action, 07 Civ. 9696 and Lambrecht v. O'Neal, 09 Civ. 8259.

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

March 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Arnold Gershon , Regina Marie Calcaterra , Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Donald R. Hall, Jr. , Frederic Scott Fox, Sr. , Jeffrey Philip Campisi , Joel B. Strauss , Robert N. Kaplan , Aviah Cohen-Pierson , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Jack Gerald Fruchter , Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, David Steven Preminger , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Lynda J. Grant , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C., Mark Lebovitch , Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, David A.P. Brower , Brower Piven , New York, NY, Arthur M. Stock , David B. Anziska , Lane Lanier Vines , Lawrence Jay Lederer , Merrill G. Davidoff , Robin B. Switzenbaum , Berger & Montague, P.C., Jeffrey Alan Barrack , M. Richard Komins , Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA, David Avi Rosenfeld , Samuel Howard Rudman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY, Lynn Lincoln Sarko , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Francis A. Bottini , Pro Hac, Vice, Johnson & Silie, LLP, Bronx, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Jay B. Kasner , Scott D. Musoff , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Stuart Jay Baskin , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Michael Joseph Chepiga , Jason Simon Stone , Paul C. Curnin , Sarah L. Dunn , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, George S. Canellos , Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Jonathan D. Polkes , Joseph S. Allerhand , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Antonio Yanez, Jr. , Mei Lin Kwan-Gett , Michael Richard Young , Sameer Nitanand Advani , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Dennis J. Block , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Julie A. North , Richard W. Clary , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Eric M. Roth , Ian Boczko , William Edwards , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Mark Holland , George Arnold Schieren , Mary Kathryn Dulka , Clifford Chance U.S., LLP, Andrew J. Levander , David Scott Hoffner , Dechert, LLP, Brad Scott Karp , Charles Edward Davidow , Claudia Leslie Hammerman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, James N. Benedict , Andrew Walker Robertson , Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Richard D. Bernstein , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC, Jennie Boehm Krasner , Dechert LLP, Princeton, NJ, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are two derivative actions arising from the unprecedented losses experienced by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("Merrill") as a result of its aggressive investment in collateralized debt obligations ("CDOs") and similar mortgage-backed securities in the period prior to its acquisition by Bank of America ("BofA"). Both actions—...

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