Legal Opinion
In re Lehman Bros. Securities & Erisa Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 18, 2015No. 09-md-2017 (LAK)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
The September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“Lehman”) disrupted the entire economy and greatly affected owners of the company’s securities. It led also to much litigation, including suits under the federal securities laws on behalf of purchasers of Lehman debt and equity securities.
Almost all of the securities litigation ultimately was settled, much of it as part of a class action and some in individual settlements of cases brought by plaintiffs who opted out of the class action. The matter now is before the Court on motions by Ernst &…
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