KBC Asset Management. N.V. v. McNamara

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel:* Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, plaintiff in a Southern District of Ohio action (North) moves to centralize this litigation in the Southern District of Ohio. This litigation currently consists of two actions pending in two districts. The actions are shareholder derivative actions brought against current and former officers and directors of Chemed Corp., a health care and plumbing services provider.1 Plaintiffs in both actions allege that Chemed’s subsidiary, Vitas Healthcare Corp. (Vitas), systematically submitted improper…