IN RE REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE AND ERISA LITIGATION

No. 2:07-cv-02830-SHM-dkv.

In re REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE and ERISA LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: In re Regions Morgan Keegan Closed-End Fund Litigation,

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.

November 2, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 77
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 77 Securities Fraud
Nature of Suit: 850 Securities / Commodities
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete Aviotti, Jr., H. Austin Landers, Jeanette H. Landers, Alabama Elks Trust, Inc., Harvey Berkey, Estate of Kathryn S. Cashdollar, Albert R. Colombo, Patricia A. Colombo, Dajalis, LTD, Brenda Blatt, Diana W. Crump, Lloyd R. Thomas, Frank D. Tutor, Gwendolyn T. Tutor & Larry D. Shaw, Miscellaneouss, represented by Jerome A. Broadhurst , APPERSON CRUMP, PLC & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

G. A. Robinson, III, Sam C. Massey, III & Margaret Massey, Miscellaneouss, represented by Harold Naill Falls, Jr. , FALLS & VEACH, Jeff Nobel , IZARD NOBEL, John B. Veach, III , FALLS & VEACH, Nancy A. Kulesa , IZARD NOBEL, Robert A. Izard , IZARD, KINDALL & RAABE LLP, pro hac vice & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Mechanical Contractors - U.A. Local 119 Health and Pension Plans, Miscellaneous, represented by Beth A. Keller , FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP, Christopher Marlborough , FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP, Emily C. Komlossy , Komlossy Law, P.A. & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Elizabeth P. Willis & Sam H. Pearson, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, represented by B.J. Wade , SKOUTERIS & MCGEE, PLLC, Dale H. Tuttle , GLASSMAN EDWARDS WYATT TUTTLE & COX, P.C. & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

The McDonald Group, Plaintiff, represented by B.J. Wade , SKOUTERIS & MCGEE, PLLC & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Charles H. Jones, Jr., Ira Horowitz & Edge Partners, Ltd., Plaintiffs, represented by Frank L. Watson, III , WATSON BURNS, LLC, Adam Julien Gana , NAPOLI BERN RIPKA & ASSOCIATES, LLP, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Jeffrey R. Sonn , Sonn & Erez, PLC & Scott L. Adkins , Sonn & Erez, PLC.

Seymour Warren, Taylor Henry, Floyd Kopf, Greg Pohl & Joy Pohl, Plaintiffs, represented by Frank L. Watson, III , WATSON BURNS, LLC & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Hayne Palmour, III, Plaintiff, represented by Alan I. Ellman , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, Christopher J. Keller , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, David J. Goldsmith , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, pro hac vice, George Trevor , PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Joel H. Bernstein , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, pro hac vice & Stefanie J. Sundel , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP.

The Lion Fund, L.P., Dr. J. Samir Sulieman & Larry Lattimore, Plaintiffs, represented by David J. Goldsmith , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, Nicole M. Zeiss , LABATON SUCHAROW LLP, pro hac vice, Louis Gottlieb , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, pro hac vice & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Joseph W. Gilmore, Movant, represented by Charles Wesley Fowler , THE FOWLER LAW FIRM & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

RMK Investor Group, Movant, represented by J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

James N. Maddox, Movant, represented by B.J. Wade , SKOUTERIS & MCGEE, PLLC & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Peter S. Fruin , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Shepherd D. Tate , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Britt King Latham , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Michael A. Brady , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Michael L. Dagley , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC & W. Brantley Phillips, Jr. , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC.

Morgan Asset Management, Inc., Defendant, represented by Shepherd D. Tate , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Britt King Latham , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Michael A. Brady , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Michael L. Dagley , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Peter S. Fruin , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Scott Samuel Brown , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC & W. Brantley Phillips, Jr. , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC.

Regions Financial Corporation, Defendant, represented by David B. Tulchin , SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, LLP, D. Andrew Pietro , SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, LLP, David E. Swarts , SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, LLP, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC & Peter S. Fruin , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC.

Morgan Keegan Select Fund, Inc., RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc., RMK High Income Fund, Inc., RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. & RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc., Defendants, represented by Edileno D. Roman , PAUL HASTINGS, LLP, pro hac vice, Kevin P. Broughel , PAUL HASTINGS, LLP, pro hac vice, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC & Kevin C. Logue , PAUL HASTINGS JANOFSKY & WALKER, LLP.

MK Holding, Inc., Defendant, represented by Shepherd D. Tate , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Britt King Latham , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Michael A. Brady , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC, Michael L. Dagley , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC & W. Brantley Phillips, Jr. , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC.

Carter E. Anthony, Defendant, represented by R. Harold Meeks, Jr. , JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROVER LLP, Steven Lawrence Polk , SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP, Amanda Noelle Wilson , JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROVER LLP, pro hac vice & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

Allen B. Morgan, Jr., Joseph C. Weller, J. Kenneth Alderman, Brian B. Sullivan, J. Thompson Weller, Charles D. Maxwell, David H. Tannehill & Michele F. Wood, Defendants, represented by Steven Lawrence Polk , SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.

James Stillman R. McFadden, Archie W. Willis, III, Mary S. Stone, W. Randall Pittman & Jack R. Blair, Defendants, represented by Jeffrey B. Maletta , K & L GATES LLP, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC & Nicole A. Baker , K & L GATES LLP.

James C. Kelsoe, Jr., Defendant, represented by Steven Lawrence Polk , SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC & Shepherd D. Tate , BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC.

Albert C. Johnson, Defendant, represented by Jeffrey B. Maletta , K & L GATES LLP, Frank L. Watson, III , WATSON BURNS, LLC, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC & Nicole A. Baker , K & L GATES LLP.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Defendant, represented by Emily Nicklin , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Timothy Alan Duffy , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Eugene J. Podesta, Jr. , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Kristopher S. Ritter , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP & Leo Maurice Bearman, Jr. , BAKER DONELSON.

Clarence M. Ball, Defendant, represented by Howard B. Prossnitz , LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD PROSSNITZ.

Kathy Newsome, Claimant, represented by Christopher S. Campbell , HARRIS SHELTON HANOVER WALSH, PLLC & Laura S. Martin , HARRIS SHELTON HANOVER WALSH, PLLC.

Jerome M. Christenson, Objector, represented by Howard B. Prossnitz , LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD PROSSNITZ, pro hac vice.

Gary E. Darbey, Objector, represented by Howard B. Prossnitz , LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD PROSSNITZ.

Allen McDonald, Objector, represented by Christopher T. Cain , SCOTT & CAIN.

George W. Porter, Jr, Objector, represented by J. Timothy Francis , JAMES L. NORTH & ASSOCIATES.

C. Fred Daniels, Trustee, represented by Nicole M. Zeiss , LABATON SUCHAROW LLP, pro hac vice, Crawford Sharp McGivaren, Jr. , CABANISS JOHNSTON GARDNER DUMAS & O'NEAL, LLP, Louis Gottlieb , LABATON SUCHAROW, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Carlton Smyly , CABANISS JOHNSTON GARDNER DUMAS & O'NEAL, LLP & J. Gerard Stranch, IV , BRANSTETTER STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC.


ORDER

On January 4, 2013, the Court entered an Order preliminarily approving settlement, providing for notice, and preliminarily certifying a plaintiff class. (Prelim. Order, ECF No. 276.) That settlement was reached among Lion Fund, L.P., Dr. J. Samir Sulieman, and Larry Lattimore, on behalf of the...

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