ACUMENT GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES v. TOWERS WATSON & CO.

No. 12 Civ. 0506(LLS).

998 F.Supp.2d 111 (2014)

ACUMENT GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and Acument Global Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan, Plaintiffs, v. TOWERS WATSON & CO. and Towers Watson Investment Services, Inc. (f/ k/a Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting, Inc.), Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Westridge Capital Management, Inc. WG Trading Company LP, WG Trading Investors, LP, Stephen Walsh and Paul Greenwood, Third-Party Defendants.

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

February 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jalina Joy Hudson , Keith William Miller , Manny Joseph Caixeiro , Mik Shin-Li , Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Adam G. Yoffie , Alex Romain , Eli S. Schlam , Michael Hedley Page , Stephen L. Urbanczyk , Vidya Atre Mirmira , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs.


OPINION and ORDER

LOUIS L. STANTON, District Judge.

Defendants' motion to strike plaintiffs' jury demand raises the question whether this action, which plaintiffs describe as concerning "claims of breach of fiduciary duty and a request for compensatory damages" (Dec. 4, 2013 Mem. in Opp'n to Mtn to Strike, p. 1), is so equitable in nature as to deprive plaintiffs of the jury trial they seek. That right depends on the nature of the issues and relief sought...

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