Legal Opinion
Laborers Local 1298 Annuity Fund Ex Rel. Rite Aid Corp. v. Grass
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 17, 2001No. 1360, 99-2493, Civ.A. 99-2493PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
Five weeks after learning of a partial class action settlement that did not include them, the former Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officers of Rite Aid Corporation filed a motion to disqualify the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Inger-soll. Ballard Spahr had, from late March of 1999 until the fall of that year, represented all defendants in what is now the consolidated multi-district litigation involving alleged violations of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,15 U.S.C. § 78aa, in the purchase and sale of Rite Aid securities.
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Rymal v. BaergenMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- Laborers Local 1298 Annuity Fund Ex Rel. Rite Aid Corp. v. GrassDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- Post-Confirmation Committee of Unsecured Creditors of I Successor Corp. v. Feld Group, Inc. (In Re I Successor Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Jordan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
- Touchcom, Inc. v. Bereskin & ParrCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
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