Thielmann v. MF Global Holdings Ltd. (In Re MF Global Holdings Ltd.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER APPOINTING INTERIM COUNSEL IN CERTAIN CONSOLIDATED WARN ACT CLASS ACTIONS AND DISMISSING A DU-PLICATIVE WARN ACT CLASS ACTION

MARTIN GLENN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The MF Global bankruptcy and liquidation cases continue to spawn a large amount of litigation. Four class action adversary proceedings have been commenced asserting claims under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the New York State Workers Adjustment and Retraining Act (collectively, the “WARN Act”). With the defendants’ counsel happily standing on the sidelines, plaintiffs’…