Information for Counsel
in Merrill Lynch Analyst-related Litigation
In an
October 11, 2002 Transfer Order, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
Litigation centralized numerous claims against Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Inc. and other defendants, involving allegations of securities fraud in
analyst research reports, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial
proceedings before Hon.
Milton Pollack, Senior District Judge. A master file
for all of these actions has been established under the caption In
re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Research Reports Securities Litigation, 02 MDL 1484.
Counsel
should be familiar with Judge Pollack’s Individual
Practices.
For the
convenience of parties and counsel, certain orders affecting procedures
and case management are accessible in portable document format (PDF)
through the hyperlinks listed below. Due to formatting concerns, only
the versions of these documents currently on file with the Clerk of
Court can be considered authoritative.
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| December 9, 2002 |
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Case
Management Order No. 1 |
| December 24, 2002 |
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Case
Management Order No. 2 |
| December 24, 2002 |
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Consolidation
Order |
| February 5, 2003 |
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Case
Management Order No. 3 |
| March 21,
2003 |
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Case
Management Order No. 4,
re: Homestore.com, Inc. |
| March 27,
2003 |
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Severance
Order in re: InfoSpace, Inc., 02CV8474(MP) |
| April 10, 2003 |
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Dismissal
of Actions Preempted by SLUSA |
| May 2, 2003 |
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Lead
Plaintiff and Counsel Replaced in CMGI, Inc. |
| May 6, 2003 |
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Actions
Preempted by SLUSA Dismissed |
| June 30,
2003 |
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24/7
Real Media and Interliant Complaints Dismissed |
| July 2, 2003 |
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Global
Technology Fund Complaint Dismissed |
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July 22, 2003 |
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Case
Management Order No. 5, re: Focus Twenty Fund and All Aboard |
| August 12,
2003 |
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Motions
in 24/7 Real Media and Interliant for partial Reconsideration and for
Leave to Amend Denied |
| August 19,
2003 |
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Motion
in Merrill Lynch Global Technology Fund to Alter Judgment and Amend
Complaint Denied |
| October 3, 2003 |
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Order
for response to Merrill Lynch's Appendix to their Reply Memorandum of
Law |
| October 7, 2003 |
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Dismissal
of Rhythms Net Connections complaint with prejudice on default on
motion to dismiss |
| October 22, 2003 |
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Impertinent
and immaterial allegations of Focus Twenty Fund Amended Complaint
stricken with leave to amend |
| October 29, 2003 |
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Internet
Strategies Fund Complaint Dismissed, not cognizable under 1933 or 1940
Securities Acts |
| October 29, 2003 |
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Phase
I complaints dismissed for insufficiency, barred by time limitations,
and absence of scienter |
| November 17, 2003 |
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All
Aboard - The Training Junction complaint dismissed for insufficiency,
barred by limitations and absence of scienter |
| December 10, 2003 |
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Order
Granting Leave to File Second Amended Consolidated Complaint in
GoTo.com and Inktomi Corporation |
| December 19, 2003 |
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Case
Management Order No. 6 |
| January 21, 2004 |
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Case Management
Order No. 7 |
| February 18, 2004 |
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Order Denying
Motion for a Lifting of the Automatic Discovery Stay in InfoSpace |
| February 23, 2004 |
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Recusal
Denial |
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