Citigroup Federal District Court Decisions

IN RE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BONDS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Filed: September 6, 2022 as 1:2018cv02830
Court: New York Southern District Court
Consolidated Plaintiff: Boston Retirement System, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund, Government Employees' Retirement System of the Virgin Islands, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority Pension Plan, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Defined Benefit Pension Plan Master Trust
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Banco Santander S.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Banco J.P. Morgan, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple, J.P. Morgan Grupo Financiero, HSBC Holdings PLC, Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multipe, Grupo Financiero Banamex, Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Santander Investment Securities, Inc., Citigroup Financial Products Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank Mexico, S.A., Banco Santander (Mexico) S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, Grupo Financiero Barclays Mexico, S.A. de C.V., HSBC North America Holdings Inc., HSBC Latin America Holdings (UK) Limited, Bankamerica International Financial Corporation, HSBC Mexico, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero HSBC, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., HSBC Markets (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Mexico, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple, BBVA Bancomer S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, Bank of America Mexico, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Bank of America, Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, S.A. de C.V., Deutsche Bank Americas Holding Corp., J.P. Morgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., Barclays Capital Plc and others
Plaintiff: Oklahoma Firefighters Pension & Retirement System, Electrical Workers Pension Fund Local 103, I.B.E.W.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: The letter motion at Docket Number 286 is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Jeffrey B. Gittleman from this action. (Signed by Judge J. Paul Oetken on 9/6/2022) (ate)

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 6, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that, having considered the parties' arguments, the Court intends to adopt a verdict form in substantially the form of Court Draft 2, which is attached to this Order. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/3/2022) (mml)

Marrero v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3 et al

Filed: September 6, 2022 as 7:2021cv11182
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3, Citibank, N.A., Specialized Loan Services, Merscorp, Inc.
Plaintiff: Robert W Marrero
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit

CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: 24 Memorandum & Opinion in favor of Citibank, N.A., Merscorp, Inc., Specialized Loan Services, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3 against Robert W Marrero. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Opinion and Order dated September 2, 2022, Defendants' motion to dismiss is granted; accordingly,…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 6, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

OPINION AND ORDER: In sum, it is: ORDERED that Defendants' application to exclude (i) the consent order between CS and DFS is GRANTED; (ii) testimony of persons invoking the Fifth Amendment is DENIED; (iii)certain other banks' and traders ' criminal prosecutions, guilty pleas and convictions for Sherman Act or other criminal violations is DENIED; (iv) factual admissions contained in guilty pleas and plea allocutions of Non-CS persons and entities is DENIED; (v) non-CS…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 2, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

OPINION AND ORDER re: 1775 MOTION in Limine No. 10 to Exclude Other Bad Acts Evidence. filed by Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, 1758 MOTION in Limine No. 7 to Exclude Inter nal Bank Policies Evidence. filed by Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, 1770 MOTION in Limine No. 9 to Exclude Communications Without a Direct Connection to United States Commerce. fi led by …

Marrero v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3 et al

Filed: September 2, 2022 as 7:2021cv11182
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3, Citibank, N.A., Specialized Loan Services, Merscorp, Inc.
Plaintiff: Robert W Marrero
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit

OPINION AND ORDER re: 14 MOTION to Dismiss Notice of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by Specialized Loan Services, Citibank, N.A., Merscorp, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3. The motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The Clerk is instructed to terminate the motion (Doc. #14) and close this case. Chambers will mail a copy of this Opinion and Order to plaintiff…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 1, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER granting 1676 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 1683 Letter Motion to Seal. It is hereby ORDERED that the motion to seal is GRANTED. The documents filed at Docket No. 1677 and 1684 shall remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals id entified in the attached Appendix will have access. Although "[t]he common law right of public access to judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation's history," this right is not absolute, and courts "must balance…

Ravi et al v. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc.

Filed: September 1, 2022 as 1:2021cv02223
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc.
Plaintiff: Umashankar Ravi, Saritha Ravi
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges

CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: 58 Order Adopting Report and Recommendations in favor of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. against Saritha Ravi, Umashankar Ravi. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the C ourt's Order Adopting Report & Recommendation dated August 31, 2022, the Court adopted the Report in full and dismissed the SAC with prejudice; the Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that any appeal from this order…

Mayaguez S.A. v. Citigroup Inc. et al

Filed: August 31, 2022 as 1:2016cv06788
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Mayaguez S.A.
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER REGARDING USE OF FREIGHT ENTRANCE FOR TRIAL: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that City Expeditor Courier Services shall be permitted to enter the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007 between September 6, 2022 and September 16 , 2022 to deliver and pick up boxes of case materials, trial supplies, small dolly, sealed water bottles to and from Courtroom 705 on behalf of Plaintiff Mayaguez for trial; and it is further ORDERED that City Expeditor employees identified…

Giovanni Stewart v. Citigroup Corporate Holdings, Inc.

Filed: August 31, 2022 as 5:2022cv00127
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Corporate Holdings, Inc. doing business as Citibank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Giovanni Stewart
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit

ORDER OF DISMISSALPURSUANT TO FRCP41(A)(1)(A)(II) 27 by Judge R. Gary Klausner THAT THIS ACTION BE, AND HEREBY IS, DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE with respect to all Parties named herein, as to all claims and causes of action with each party bearing that party's own attorneys' fees and costs. Should a new lawsuit be filed, FRCP 41(d) shall be applicable. The Clerk is directed to close the file. (Made JS-6. Case Terminated.) (jp)

Ravi et al v. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc.

Filed: August 31, 2022 as 1:2021cv02223
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc.
Plaintiff: Umashankar Ravi, Saritha Ravi
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT & RECOMMENDATION for 54 Report and Recommendations, 47 Motion to Dismiss filed by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. For the reasons described above, the Court adopts the Report in full and dismisses the SAC wi th prejudice. The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore IFP status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States,…

Mayaguez S.A. v. Citigroup Inc. et al

Filed: August 31, 2022 as 1:2016cv06788
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Mayaguez S.A.
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER REGARDING USE OF FREIGHT ENTRANCE FOR TRIAL: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that NPD Logistics, LLC shall be permitted to enter the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007 between September 6, 2022 and September 19, 2022 (clean -up day) to deliver and pick up boxes of case materials, trial supplies, and small dolly to and from Courtroom 705 on behalf of Defendant Citibank, N.A. for trial; and it is further ORDERED that the NPD Logistics, LLC employees identified…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: August 31, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

OPINION AND ORDER: re: 1678 MOTION for Decertification filed by Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, 1689 LETTER MOTION for Oral Argument requesting oral argument on the motion to decertify the is sue class. addressed to Judge Lorna G. Schofield from Herbert S. Washer dated May 25, 2022 filed by Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG. For the foregoing reasons, Defendant's motion to…

Sonterra Capital Master Fund Ltd. et al v. UBS AG et al

Filed: August 30, 2022 as 1:2015cv05844
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: UBS AG, UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Bank Of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ LTD, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd., Norinchukin Bank, The, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Resona Bank, Ltd., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities PLC, Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, DB Group Services UK Limited, Mizuho Trust and Banking Co., Ltd., The Shoko Chukin Bank, Shinkin Central Bank, The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd., Societe Generale S.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, RBS Securities Japan Limited, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Barclays PLC, Citibank NA, Citigroup Inc, Citibank Japan LTD, Citigroup Global Markets Japan, Inc., COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN- BOERENLEENBANK B.A., HSBC Holdings plc and others
Plaintiff: Sonterra Capital Master Fund Ltd., Hayman Capital Management L.P.
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER: dismissing 574 Motion re: 574 MOTION For Clarification and Reconsideration Pursuant to Fed. R. CIV. P. 60(A) and Local Civil Rule 6.3., 576 MOTION for Reconsideration re; 570 Order on Motion to Dismiss. NO TICE OF MOTION BY DEFENDANT UBS AG FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE COURT'S SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER, 578 MOTION for Reconsideration re; 570 Order on Motion to Dismiss; dismissing 576 Motion for…

In Re: Fairfield Sentry Limited et al

Filed: August 29, 2022 as 1:2019cv04396
Court: New York Southern District Court
Appellant: Fairfield Sentry Limited (In Liquidation), Kenneth Krys
Appellee: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
In Re: Fairfield Sentry Limited
Nature of Suit: Appeal

CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: 37 Memorandum & Opinion in favor of Citigroup Global Markets Limited against Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sentry Limited (In Liquidation), Greig Mitchell, Kenneth Krys. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECRE ED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Opinion and Order dated August 24, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court's decision is AFFIRMED; accordingly, all administratively consolidated cases are closed. (Signed by Clerk of Court…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: August 25, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that the parties' request in their joint letter at Dkt. No. 1838 is GRANTED. The parties shall file responses to pretrial memoranda by September 2, 2022. In those responsive memoranda, which shall not exceed 20 pages, the parties shall include any objections to the Court's proposed verdict form at Court Draft 1, attached., ( Responses due by 9/2/2022) (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 8/25/2022) (ama)

Loomis Sayles Trust Company LLC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc

Filed: August 25, 2022 as 1:2022cv06706
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Inc
Plaintiff: Loomis Sayles Trust Company LLC
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER granting 11 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application GRANTED. The initial pretrial conference scheduled for October 5, 2022, is adjourned to October 12, 2022, at 4:30 p.m., on the following conference line: 888-363-4749, access code : 558-3333. By October 5, 2022, the parties shall file a joint letter and proposed case management plan and scheduling order. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Docket No. 11. Initial Conference set for…

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: August 24, 2022 as 1:2013cv07789
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Holdings plc
Claimant: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD), Forex Capital Markets, LLC, Lucid Markets LLP, Mapleridge Capital, Virtu Financial LLC, TG Capital Fund LP, Contrarian Capital Management LLC, NWI Management, L.P.
Consolidated Counter Defendant: BNP Paribas North America, Inc.
Consolidated Defendant: Citibank N.A., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AP, BNP Paribas North America, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, BNP Paribas Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., BNP Paribas Group, Credit Suisse International, Scotland Group Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Consolidated Plaintiff: Nasser Bakizada, Robert Charles Class A, L.P., Jeffrey Sterk, City of Providence, Rhode Island, Michael Melissinos, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-state Pension Fund, Robert L. Teel, Kimberly Sterk
Defendant: Settling Defendants, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Citicorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., UBS Group AG, RBS Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Barclays Capital Inc., Bank Of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Citigroup, N.A. and others
Interested Party: Donna S. Lucas, Neil Taylor, Doris Sue Allen, Hedy L. Anselman, Dana Kellen, Steve Leaven, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, John Burnside, Eduardo Negrete, Jonathan G. Axelrod, Timothy R. Garrett, Warren J. Pepicelli, John A. Boardman, Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, ERISA Allocation Counsel, Gervasio Negrete
Not Classified By Court: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Keith Kornell, Gregory Galan, U.S. Department of Justice, Crown and Korn, Parris Girves, New York State Department of Financial Services
Petitioner: Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
Plaintiff: Peter Rives, Robert Miller, Casey Sterk, Izee Trading Company, Value Recovery Fund LLC, John Nypl, Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd., Augustus International Master Fund, L.P., The City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and Retirement, Systrax Corporation, State-Boston Retirement System, Newport News Employees' Retirement Fund, Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP, Thomas Gramatis, Employees' Retirement System of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Mark Miller, Marc G. Frederighi, J. Paul Antonello, Michael J. Smith, Doug Harvey, Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading, John Kerstein, Haverhill Retirement System, Aureus Currency Fund, L.P.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that the scope of the trial will be limited to the two issues certified for class treatment, as reflected in the parties submissions. It is further ORDERED that the trial will begin on October 11, 2022, as currently sched uled, and continue from day to day (on business days) until concluded. The parties shall be prepared for jury selection, opening statements and the beginning of testimony on the first day of trial. After the first day, the parties shall be…

County of Riverside v. Bank Of America Corporation et al

Filed: August 23, 2022 as 1:2013cv01135
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America NA, Barclays Bank plc, Citigroup Inc, Citibank NA, Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings plc, HSBC Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, UBS AG, WestLB AG, WestDeutsche Immobilienbank AG
Plaintiff: County of Riverside
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court terminate plaintiff County of Riverside from the main case 11 MDL 2262. County of Riverside terminated. (Signed by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on 8/23/2022) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:11-md-02262-NRB, 1:13-cv-01135-NRB (kv)

Mayaguez S.A. v. Citigroup Inc. et al

Filed: August 21, 2022 as 1:2016cv06788
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Mayaguez S.A.
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER granting 227 Motion in Limine. For the reasons stated above, the claims proceeding to trial are governed by the law of Colombia. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude references to New York law is granted, and Plaintiff's claim for negligent misrepresentation under New York law is dismissed. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion (Dkt. No. 227). SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Judge Paul G. Gardephe on 8/21/2022) (ks)