DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS v. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER

Nos. 11 civ. 5994(CM), 11 civ. 5973(CM), 11 civ. 5995(CM), 11 civ. 5969(CM), 11 civ. 5974(CM), 11 civ. 5972(CM), 11 civ. 5968(CM), 11 civ. 5970(CM), 11 civ. 5993(CM), 11 civ. 5985(CM), 11 civ. 5971(CM), 11 civ. 5983(CM), 11 civ. 5984(CM).

480 B.R. 145 (2012)

DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, INC., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Arent Fox LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Duane Morris LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Jones Day, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Scott Jones, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Geoffrey de Foestraets, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Jingzhou Tao, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. K & L Gates LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Morrison & Foerster LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. DLA Piper (US) LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., in its capacity as Plan Administrator for Coudert Brothers LLP, Plaintiff, v. Dechert LLP, Defendant.

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

July 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jeffrey Adler , McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY, for Development Specialists, Inc.

Eric M. Kay , Susheel Kirpalani , Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, NY, for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Jessica Deborah Mikhailevich , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, for Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

Geoffrey Shannon Stewart , Steven C. Bennett , Jones Day, New York, NY, for Jones Day, Geoffroy de Foestraets, and Jingzhou Tao.

Jeffrey N. Rich , K&L Gates LLP, New York, NY, for K&L Gates LLP.

Allen Gary Reiter , SNR Denton US LLP, New York, NY, George Peter Angelich Arent Fox LLP, Matthew Scott Trokenheim , Arent Fox LLP, New York, NY, for Arent Fox LLP.

Lawrence Joel Kotler , Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Duane Morris LLP.


AMENDED DECISION AND ORDER DENYING GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S CROSS-MOTION FOR A DECLARATION

McMAHON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Development Specialists Inc. ("DSI"), in its role as administrator of the bankruptcy estate of the dissolved law firm Coudert Brothers LLP ("Coudert") brought this suit against ten law firms — Defendants Akin Gump...

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