Legal Opinion
In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Research Reports Securities Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 5, 2007No. 02 MDL 1484(JFK)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*159 OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN F. KEENAN, District Judge.
This Opinion considers the petition of the lead plaintiffs for class certification and final approval of a proposed settlement and plan of allocation in twenty putative securities class actions brought on behalf of direct purchasers of securities that were the subject of allegedly false or misleading Merrill Lynch research reports. The Court also considers Lead Counsels’ application for an award of attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of litigation expenses. For the reasons that follow, the Court (i) grants class certification to the settling…
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