Legal Opinion
In re SLM Corp. Securities Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 1, 2009No. Master File No. 08 Civ. 1029(WHP)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge.
By Memorandum and Order dated July 23, 2008, this Court appointed Westchester Capital Management, Inc. (“Westchester Capital”) lead plaintiff in this securities class action (the “July 2008 Order”). Westchester Capital is the investment advisor to two funds that invested in Defendant SLM Corporation (“SLM”). In its July 2008 Order, this Court noted that while district courts in this circuit had held that an investment ad-visor could serve as lead plaintiff, the Court of Appeals had not addressed that question. Moreover, this Court…
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