Forsythe v. Sun Life Financial, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O’TOOLE, District Judge.

I. Background

This case is a putative class action brought by four named plaintiffs — Eric Forsythe, the City of Chicago Deferred Compensation Plan, Larry R. Eddings, and Richard Koslow — who either now own or have owned mutual funds within the Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) fund complex. They purport to bring their claims as a class action (with the exception of Count V, styled as a derivative action) on behalf of a class defined as “all persons or entities who held shares, units, or like interests in any of the MFS Funds between March 24,…