IPOX Schuster, LLC v. Lazard Asset Management, LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION IPOX SCHUSTER, LLC, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 15 C 9955 ) NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., ) LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, and ) LAZARD JAPAN ASSET MANAGEMENT, ) K.K. ) ) Defendants. ) REVISED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER1 MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge: IPOX Schuster LLC is a small financial services firm, founded by Dr. Josef Schuster, that produces "indexes" of companies with recent initial public offerings (IPOs). An IPO is what takes place when a company starts to sell stock to the…