Citigroup Federal District Court Decisions

Kirschner, v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al

Filed: October 15, 2020 as 1:2017cv06334
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citibank, N.A., Citibank Global Markets Inc., Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Corp., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., SunTrust Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. s/h/a Citibank Global Markets Inc.
Plaintiff: Marc S. Kirschner
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

SEALING ORDER granting 159 Letter Motion to Seal. The Letter-Motion at ECF No. 159 to file portions of the documents at ECF No. 156 with redactions is GRANTED. The documents filed at ECF No. 156 shall be visible only to the parties in this action. Plaintiff is directed to re-file the slides with the requested redaction. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the Letter-Motion at ECF No. 159. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave on 10/15/2020) (kv)

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: October 7, 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, for substantially the reasons stated at the conference, Credit Suisse's request to produce the Unified Dataset in the Allianz litigation is DENIED. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 10/7/2020) (rro)

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 24, 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

MEMO ENDORSEMENT on 1501 granting 1498 Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference. ENDORSEMENT: A pre-motion conference will be held on October 7, 2020, at 10:40 a.m. The conference will be telephonic and will be held on the following confe rence line: 888-363-4749, access code: 5583333. The time of the pre-motion conference is approximate, but the parties shall be ready to proceed by that time. (Telephone Conference set for 10/7/2020 at 10:40 AM before Judge Lorna G.…

Dennis et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 23, 2020 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

PROTOCOL GOVERNING DEPOSITIONS: granting 418 Letter Motion for Discovery. This Protocol shall continue in effect until modified by agreement of the Parties or order of the Court. And as set forth herein. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 9/23/2020) (ama)

Advanced Analytics, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. et al

Filed: September 23, 2020 as 1:2004cv03531
Court: New York Southern District Court
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER. In light of the Proposed Intervenors' withdrawal of their motion to intervene and unseal records on this case's docket (the "Motion to Intervene") (ECF No. 456), Plaintiff's response to the Motion to Intervene (ECF No. 457) is deemed moot. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave on 9/23/20) (yv)

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 15, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of the joint letter will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached appendix will have access. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/15/2020) (cf)

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 10, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER. It is hereby ORDERED that, by September 18, 2020, the parties shall meet and confer to discuss (1) the further production of any previously requested documents or information that either are or reflect communications between Defendants and the United States Department of Justice, related and leading up to the plea agreements referenced in the stipulation the Court approved on March 18, 2018, (Dkt. No. 425), and (2) the timing of Plaintiffs' production of their final expert…

New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. RALI Series 2006-QO1 Trust et al

Filed: September 9, 2020 as 2:2008cv08781
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: RALI Series 2006-QO1 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO2 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO3 Trust, RALI Series 2006 QO4 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO5 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO6 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO7 Trust, RALI Series 2006-QO10 Trust, RALI Series 2007-QO1 Trust, RALI Series 2007-QO2 Trust, RALI Series 2007-QO3 Trust, RALI Series 2007-QO4 Trust, RALI Series 2007-QO5 Trust, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, U.S. Bank National Association, Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Bruce Paradis, Davee L. Olsen, Kenneth M. Duncan, Ralph T. Flees, Lisa R. Lundsten, James G. Jones, David M. Bricker, James N. Young, Goldman Sachs & Co., RBS Greenwich Capital, UBS Investment Bank, Credit Suisse Securties (USA), LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., GMAC RFC Securities, Residential Capital, LLC, Residential Funding, LLC and others
Intervenor Plaintiff: Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit, Midwest Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund, Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, Orange County Employees Retirement System
Movant: New Jersey Carpenters Vacation Fund
Plaintiff: New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund, Boilermaker Blacksmith National Pension Trust, New Jersey Carpenters Vacation Fund
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges

ORDER DIRECTING CY PRES DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL SETTLEMENT FUNDS granting 360 Motion for Disbursement of Funds. Lead Plaintiffs motion for an order directing a cy pres distribution of the residual Net Settlement Fund is hereby GRANTED. The remaining funds of $112,254.78 shall be donated equally among the America Association for Justice ("AAJ") and the Institute for Law and Economic Policy ("ILEP"). (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on …

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 9, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER: It is hereby ORDERED that, because Defendants Barclays plc, Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS AG have provided or have agreed to provide Plaintiffs with verified versions of their interrogatory responses, Plain tiffs objection to the subject interrogatory responses of Barclays plc, Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS AG, on the ground that they were not verified pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33, is…

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 9, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER granting 638 Letter Motion to Seal. Application GRANTED. Plaintiffs may file the letter in response to Defendants' September 2, 2020, letter motion (Dkt. No. 636), under seal and in redacted form. Pursuant to Individual Rule D.3, Defendants shall file any letter in support of Plaintiffs' motion to file in redacted form by September 11, 2020. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/9/2020) (rro)

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: September 9, 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 with respect to 1490 Letter Motion for Discovery. Plaintiffs shall file a letter response not to exceed three (3) pages, by September 14, 2020. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/9/2020) (rro)

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: September 1, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER granting 629 Letter Motion to Seal. Application GRANTED. Plaintiffs may file the letter in response to Defendants' August 22, 2020, letter motion (Dkt. Nos. 624, 627, 628), under seal and in redacted form. Pursuant to Individual Rule D.3, Defendants shall file any letter in support of Plaintiffs' motion to file in redacted form by September 2, 2020. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 9/1/2020) (cf)

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Filed: August 19, 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 AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES FROM SETTLEMENT FUNDS: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. All terms in initial capitalization used in this Order shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Settlement A greements and the Preliminary Approval Orders, unless otherwise defined herein. 2. The Court authorizes Class Counsel to pay up to an additional $3,000,000 (for a total of $21,500,000) from the settlement funds for reasonable…

Kirschner, v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al

Filed: August 18, 2020 as 1:2017cv06334
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citibank, N.A., Citibank Global Markets Inc., Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Corp., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., SunTrust Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. s/h/a Citibank Global Markets Inc.
Plaintiff: Marc S. Kirschner
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

AMENDED ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULING ORDER granting 151 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference: Oral Argument on the Motion for Leave to file the PAC currently scheduled for Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:00 am is RESCHEDULED to Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 am in Courtroom 18A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York. If the parties would prefer that oral arguments take place by telephone or videoconference, they must jointly email Chambers at Cave_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.com, one…

Ramnath et al v. Qudian Inc. et al

Filed: August 13, 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

ORDER. It has come to the Court's attention that, although Docket Nos. 17-CV-9796, 17-CV-9875, and 17-CV-9903 were consolidated with the lead case 17-CV-9741 on March 16, 2018, see ECF No. 80, the related cases were not closed. The Clerk of Co urt is hereby directed to close 17-CV-9796, 17-CV-9875, and 17-CV-9903, and to docket this Order in those cases as well. All future filings should be in 17-CV-9741. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 8/13/20) Filed In…

Canyon Capital Advisors LLC et al v. Terraform Global, Inc. et al

Filed: August 13, 2020 as 1:2016cv09171
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Terraform Global, Inc, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Carlos Domenech Zornoza, Goldman Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Emmanuel Hernandez, James B. Williams, Barclays Capital Inc., Terraform Global, Inc., Steven Tesoriere, Kotak Mahindra, Inc., Georganne Proctor, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, ITAU BBA USA Securities, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities Americas, Inc., Antonio R. Alvarez, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Brian Wuebbels, Clayton Daley, Jr., Ahmad Chatila, Peter Blackmore, Martin Truong, Jeremy Avenier, Randy H. Zwirn, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Alejandro Hernandez
Plaintiff: Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, ERISA Plaintiffs, Canyon Value Realization Fund LP, Canyon Value Realization Master Fund L.P., Canyon Capital Arbitrage Master Fund, Ltd., Canyon-GRF Master Fund II, L.P., Canyon Balanced Master Fund, Ltd
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges

ORDER: Leave to file Third Amended Complaint ("TAC") within 7 days in the form tendered to the Court is granted. Defendants are free to serve a new Notice of Motion directed to the TAC, relying on the briefing heretofore filed. Plaintiff may rely on their existing briefing as their response. (Signed by Judge P. Kevin Castel on 8/13/2020) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:16-md-02742-PKC, 1:16-cv-09171-PKC, 1:16-cv-09172-PKC, 1:16-cv-09566-PKC (jwh)

Kirschner, v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al

Filed: August 13, 2020 as 1:2017cv06334
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citibank, N.A., Citibank Global Markets Inc., Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Corp., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., SunTrust Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. s/h/a Citibank Global Markets Inc.
Plaintiff: Marc S. Kirschner
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

SCHEDULING ORDER mooting 110 Letter Motion for Conference ; granting 131 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 138 Letter Motion to Seal; granting 142 Letter Motion for Oral Argument. Plaintiff's motion at ECF No. 131 and Defendants' m otion at ECF No. 138 to seal portions of the Proposed Amended Complaint ("PAC") and an associated exhibit are GRANTED. The parties shall coordinate as necessary to file the redacted PAC on the docket. The requests at ECF No. 131…

Dennis et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: August 4, 2020 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: denying 350 Motion for Reconsideration. The motion for reconsideration [Dkt. 351] is denied. The Court considered and rejected defendants' arguments, to the extent hey are not attempting to raise new arguments, in its February 13, 2020 opinion [Dkt. 347]. These arguments are no more persuasive now than they were the first time, and defendants have failed to point to any controlling decisions or data that the Court overlooked. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan…

Pazmany Brothers Landscaping Inc. v. Citigroup, Inc. et al

Filed: July 30, 2020 as 5:2020cv01526
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, Citigroup, Inc.
Plaintiff: Pazmany Brothers Landscaping Inc.
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 9 Motion to Dismiss. Case Management Statement due by 8/18/2020. Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/25/2020 at 09:30 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 6, 4th Floor. Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 7/30/2020.(svklc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/30/2020)

Nypl v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al

Filed: July 24, 2020 as 1:2015cv09300
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Bank of America , N.A., HSBC Finance Corporation, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Bank, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC North American Holdings Inc., HSBC Holdings p.l.c., Citigroup, Inc., UBS AG, Barclays PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff: Lisa McCarthy, Mad Travel, Inc., Valarie Jolly, Go Everywhere, Inc., William Rubinsohn, John Nypl
Nature of Suit: Antitrust

ORDER granting 600 Letter Motion to Seal. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of the letter will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified 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 competing considerations against"…