Dennis et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al
Filed: February 12, 2021 as 1:2016cv06496
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: JPMorgan Chase & Co, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Australia, BNP Paribas, Australia Branch, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, LLoyds Bank PLC, HSBC Holdings plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank N.A., Australia Branch, RBS Group (Australia) Pty Limited, UBS AG, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., ICAP plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of New Zealand, UBS AG, Australia Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., ICAP Australia Pty Ltd., RBS N.V., Royal Bank of Canada, Australia Branch, HSBC Bank Australia Limited, National Australia Bank Limited, Tullett Prebon PLC, Credit Suisse AG, Citigroup Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Macquarie Bank Ltd.
and others
Plaintiff: Dennis, FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund, L.P., Sonterra Capital Master Fund, Ltd., Richard Dennis, FrontPoint Financial Services Fund, L.P., FrontPoint Financial Horizons Fund, L.P., Orange County Employees Retirement System
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
ORDER: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Plaintiffs' counsel shall submit a further status report to the Court on or before June 10, 2021 advising the Court of the status of class notice. IT IS SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein on 2/12/2021) (ama)
City of Providence, Rhode Island v. Bats Global Markets, Inc. et al
Filed: February 12, 2021 as 1:2014cv02811
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bats Global Markets, Inc., Box Options Exchange L.L.C., Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., C2 Options Exchange, Inc., Direct Edge ECN, L.L.C., International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock Market L.L.C., Nasdaq OMX BX, Inc., National Stock Exchange, Inc., New York Stock Exchange, L.L.C., NYSE Arca, Inc., Onechicago, L.L.C., Bank of America Corporation, Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co L.L.C., UBS AG, The Charles Schwab Corporation, E*Trade Financial Corporation, FMR, L.L.C., Fidelity Brokerage Services, L.L.C., Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, DRW Holdings, L.L.C., GTS Securities, L.L.C., Hudson River Trading L.L.C., Jump Trading, L.L.C.
and others
Plaintiff: City of Providence, Rhode Island
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
MEMO ENDORSED ORDER withdrawing 514 Letter Motion to Compel; granting 516 Motion to Withdraw. ENDORSEMENT: Application GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate ECF Nos. 514, 516. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 2/12/21) (yv)
In re Citigroup Securities Litigation
Filed: February 4, 2021 as 1:2020cv09132
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Mark A. L. Mason, Citigroup Inc., Michael L. Corbat, John C. Gerspach
Plaintiff: City of Sunrise Firefighters Pension Fund
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. For the reasons stated above, PSP's motion, 20-cv-9132, Dkt. No. 37, is granted. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), Case No. 20-cv-9132, and any pending, previously or subsequently filed, removed, or transferred actions that are related to the claims asserted in the above-captioned action, including Case No. 20-cv-10360, are hereby CONSOLIDATED for all purposes. The Consolidated Action shall be captioned as "In re Citigroup…
Mai v. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
Filed: February 3, 2021 as 1:2020cv11129
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
Plaintiff: Ivan Mai
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
ORDER OF SERVICE: Plaintiff, who is proceeding prose, paid the filing fees to commence this action. The Clerk of Court is directed to issue a summons as to Defendant Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Plaintiff is directed to serve the sum mons and complaint on Defendant within 90 days of the issuance of the summons. If within those 90 days, Plaintiff has not either served Defendant or requested an extension of time to do so, the Court may dismiss the claims against…
Mai v. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
Filed: February 3, 2021 as 1:2020cv11129
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
Plaintiff: Ivan Mai
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
PRO SE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Pro se Plaintiff and counsel for all parties are hereby notified that this case is referred to Magistrate Gabriel W. Gorenstein for the purposes of Case Management and Scheduling pursuant to Federal Rule Civil Procedu re 16. You are directed to furnish all attorneys in this action with copies of this order and enclosures. If you are unaware of the identity of counsel for any of the parties, you must send a copy of the notice and rules to that party …
City of Sterling Heights General Employees' Retirement System v. Citigroup Inc. et al
Filed: January 28, 2021 as 1:2020cv09573
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Michael L. Corbat, Mark A.L. Mason, Citigroup Inc., John C. Gerspach
Plaintiff: City of Sterling Heights General Employees' Retirement System
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
ORDER granting (55 in case number 20cv9132) LETTER MOTION for Leave to File Sur-Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of the Motion of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff, Approval of its Selection of Lea d Counsel, and Consolidation of Related Actions addressed to Judge Alison J. Nathan from Javier Bleichmar dated January 26, 2021. Document filed by PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD. So ordered. (Signed by Judge Alison J. Nathan on…
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation et al v. Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I L.L.C. et al
Filed: January 14, 2021 as 1:2012cv04000
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I L.L.C., The Bear Stearns Companies L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Securities L.L.C., Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc., Citimortgage, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Management L.L.C., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) L.L.C., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Ally Securities, L.L.C., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBS Securities Inc., UBS Securities L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Strategic Capital Bank
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
ORDER denying 232 Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference. The parties' request for a pre-motion conference, Docket Entry No. 232, is denied. On or before January 26, 2021, a motion to amend the Court's January 8, 2020 order, D ocket Entry No. 215, compliant with Local Civil Rules including Rules 6.1 and 7.1, shall be filed. The parties' memorandum of law shall be no longer than 10 double-spaced pages without footnotes and shall identify and discuss any:…
Ramnath et al v. Qudian Inc. et al
Filed: November 23, 2020 as 1:2017cv09741
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Nomura Securities International, Inc., Min Luo, Li Du, Chao Zhu, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Lianzhu Lv, Qudian Inc., Needham & Company, LLC, Diana Arias, Yi Cao, Carl Yeung, Shilei Li, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Kunlun Group Limited, Yahui Zhou, Qufenqi Holding Limited, Tianyu Zhu, Joyful Bliss Limited, Yifan Li, Source Code Accelerate L.P., Rocky Ta-Chen Lee, Wa Sung Investment Limited, Ever Bliss Fund, L.P., Phoenix Auspicious FinTech Investment L.P.
Lead Plaintiff: Alan B. Hertz, Alan Hertz Family 2012 Trust
Petitioner: Kaib Global Fund LP, Joel Fu, Pak Cheung Hong and Siu Ling Li, Chunlei He, The Morrow Property Trust, Panther Partners Inc.
Plaintiff: Anand Ramnath, Darwin Sutanto, Carlos Maia, Bryan D. Foat, Benedict Perez
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
MEMO ENDORSEMENT on re: 232 Response in Opposition to Motion, filed by Alan Hertz Family 2012 Trust, DARWIN SUTANTO, Alan B. Hertz, Darwin Sutanto. ENDORSEMENT : Substantially for the reasons set forth in Plaintiffs' and Defendants&# 039; letter responses, ECF Nos. 232, 233, State Plaintiffs' letter motion to vacate preliminary approval of the settlement, ECF No. 230, is DENIED. In essence, State Plaintiffs' request for vacatur of preliminary approval is a…
Contant et al v. Bank Of America Corporation et al
Filed: November 20, 2020 as 1:2017cv03139
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., UBS AG, Bank Of America Corporation, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., BNP Paribas Group, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., UBS Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Inc., HSBC Bank PLC, Citicorp, UBS Group AG
and others
Not Classified By Court: Forex Capital Markets, LLC
Petitioner: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD)
Plaintiff: FX Primus Ltd., Paul Vermillion, Charles G. Hitchcock III, Tina Porter, Victor Hernandez, Martin-Han Tran, Ugnius Matkus, Sandra Lavender, Jerry Jacobson, James Contant, Carlos Gonzalez
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
FINAL JUDGMENT AWARDING ATTORNEYS' FEES: The Court awards to Class Counsel reasonable and appropriate attorneys fees inthe amount of $6,194,083.33, which is equal to 26.2 percent of the settlement fund, or 20 percent of the proceeds of the Citigroup and MUFG Settlements ($2,187,000 from those Settlements), 25 percent of the proceeds of the SC and SG Settlements ($673,750 from those Settlements), and one-third of the proceeds of the Group Settlement …
Contant et al v. Bank Of America Corporation et al
Filed: November 20, 2020 as 1:2017cv03139
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Societe Generale S.A., Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., UBS AG, Bank Of America Corporation, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., BNP Paribas Group, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., UBS Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Inc., HSBC Bank PLC, Citicorp, UBS Group AG
and others
Not Classified By Court: Forex Capital Markets, LLC
Petitioner: FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD)
Plaintiff: FX Primus Ltd., Paul Vermillion, Charles G. Hitchcock III, Tina Porter, Victor Hernandez, Martin-Han Tran, Ugnius Matkus, Sandra Lavender, Jerry Jacobson, James Contant, Carlos Gonzalez
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
FINAL JUDGMENT AWARDING REIMBURSEMENT OF LITIGATION EXPENSES: This Court, having considered Plaintiffs' Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees, Reimbursement of Litigation Expenses, and Service Awards for Class Representatives, having held a fairness hearing on November 19, 2020, having considered all of the submissions and arguments with respect to the motion, and having ruled on the motion, Orders as follows: 1. The Court awards to Class Counsel reasonable expenses in the…
American Video Duplicating Inc. et al v. Citigroup Inc. et al
Filed: November 16, 2020 as 2:2020cv03815
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: MUFG Union Bank NA, Wells Fargo and Company, CitiGroup Inc., Citibank N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., PayPal Holdings Inc, Bank Of America Corporation, Live Oak Banking Company, Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase and Co., Newtek Business Services Inc., Live Oak Bancshares, Inc, MUFG Bank Ltd., US Bankcorp, Inc., Doe Lenders, Harvest Small Business Finance LLC, Wells Fargo N.A., Wells Fargo and Co., U.S. Bancorp., Fifth Third Bancorp., First National Bank, The Huntington National Bank, Fifth Third Bank, LCNB National Bank, First Financial Bancorp, U.S. Bank, N.A., PNC Financial Service Group, Inc., Bank of America Co., Northside Bank and Trust Co., PNC Bank N.A., Harvest Small Business Finance
Plaintiff: American Video Duplicating Inc., Tush Law Ltd., Kenneth M. Hahn, Kenneth M. Hahn a sole proprietor, individually and on behalf of a class of similiary situated businesses and indivdiuals doing business as Cal State Financial
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND BY FILING A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT NO LATER THAN 21 DAYS FROM DATE OF THIS ORDER (SEE DOCUMENT FOR SPECIFICS THEREIN) 83 , 117 by Judge Otis D. Wright, II (lc)
Ozkaptan v. CitiGroup, Inc.
Filed: November 6, 2020 as 1:2020cv00747
Court: New York Southern District Court
Petitioner: Baris Ozkaptan
Respondent: CitiGroup, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Arbitration
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: re: 11 CROSS MOTION to Confirm Arbitration filed by CitiGroup, Inc. To summarize, Ozkaptan's petition is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, and Citigroup's cross-motion is GRANTED. More specifically, the Aw ard is CONFIRMED, but the Court declines to enforce the Award on the grounds that Citigroup has already complied with it. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate ECF No. 11, to enter judgment consistent with this Memorandum Opinion and…
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
Filed: November 6, 2020 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 1533 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 1534 Letter Motion for Conference; granting 1535 Letter Motion for Conference; granting 1536 Letter Motion to Seal. ORDERED that, the parties' motions to seal at Docket Nos. 1533 and 1 536 are GRANTED. The unredacted version of Defendant's November 5, 2020, responsive letter filed at Docket No. 1537 will remain sealed, the unredacted version of Plaintiffs' November 5, 2020 responsive letter filed at Docket No.…
Ozkaptan v. CitiGroup, Inc.
Filed: November 6, 2020 as 1:2020cv00747
Court: New York Southern District Court
Petitioner: Baris Ozkaptan
Respondent: CitiGroup, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Arbitration
CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: 22 Memorandum & Opinion. in favor of Baris Ozkaptan against CitiGroup, Inc. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Memorandum Opinion and Order dated Nov 6, 2020, O zkaptan's petition is granted in part and denied in part, and Citigroup's cross-motion is granted; more specifically, the Award is confirmed but the Court declines to enforce the Award on the grounds that Citigroup has already…
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
Filed: November 6, 2020 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 MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF A HAGUE CONVENTION REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE TO TAKE TESTIMONY OVERSEAS: granting (1527) Motion for Discovery in case 1:13-cv-07789-LGS. HEREBY ORDERS THAT: The Motion is GRANTED. The parti es will be subject to all safety guidance issued by this Court and the courts of the United Kingdom with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure that the deposition will proceed in a safe manner for the deponent, counsel, and…
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
Filed: November 6, 2020 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 1520 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 1522 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 1523 Letter Motion for Conference ; granting 1525 Letter Motion for Conference. It is hereby ORDERED that, Plaintiffs' motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted versions of the pre-motion letter filed at Docket Nos. 1518 and 1525 will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached Appendix A will have access. The Clerk of Court is respectfully…
The Berkshire Bank v. Bank of America Corporation et al
Filed: October 30, 2020 as 1:2012cv05723
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America N.A., Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Barklays Bank Plc, Citigroup Inc., Citibank N.A., Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisenboerenleenbank B.A., Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings plc., HSBC Bank Plc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Lloyds Banking Group plc., HBOS Plc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Norinchukin Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc., UBS AG, WestLB AG, Westdeutsche Immobilienbank AG
Plaintiff: The Berkshire Bank
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING SETTLEMENT BETWEEN LENDER PLAINTIFFS AND DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CONDITIONALLY CERTIFYING THE LENDER SETTLEMENT CLASS, APPOINTING SETTLEMENT CLASS COUNSEL, APPROVING NOTICE PROGRAM AND PRELIMINARILY APPROVING PLAN OF DISTRIBUT ION: The Court, having reviewed the Motion, its accompanying memorandum, the Settlement Agreement, the Declaration of Jeremy A. Lieberman (Lieberman Declaration) and exhibits thereto, the Plan of Distribution, the Declaration of Jennifer M.…
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
Filed: October 30, 2020 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, by November 2, 2020, Plaintiffs shall file a letter motion to file a redacted version of the pre-motion letter at Docket No. 1518, pursuant to Individual Rule I.C.3. It is further ORDERED that, because the party with an interest in confidential treatment bears the burden of persuasion, by November 4, 2020, Defendants shall file any letter in support of the motion. It is further ORDERED that the parties anticipated motions for summary judgment will…
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
Filed: October 30, 2020 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 1514 Letter Motion for Discovery. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' redaction and seal requests are GRANTED. (As further set forth in this Order.) It is further ORDERED that, by November 4, 2020, Plaintiffs shall file the Motion with the approved redactions. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 10/30/2020) (cf)
v. Citigroup Inc,
Filed: October 28, 2020 as 1:2014mc00056
Court: New York Southern District Court
Applicant: Dr Heleen Mees
Respondent: Citigroup Inc
Nature of Suit: Other
ORDER: The Court has reviewed the letter submissions from Dr. Mees and Mr. Buiter regarding Magistrate Judge Netburn's October 22, 2020 Order. Dr. Mees shall file any reply in further support of her letter submission no later than October 30, 2020. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Loretta A. Preska on 10/28/2020) (va)
