In Re Comdisco Securities Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Counsel for the plaintiff class in this securities fraud action (“Class Counsel”) seek an order compelling the production by the Individual Defendants (a collective term employed here to designate the defendants other than Comdisco, Inc. (“Comdisco”)) 1 of any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies and any other insurance policies relevant to the litigation (collectively “Insurance Policies”). Under ordinary circumstances such production is compelled by the express initial disclosure provisions of Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 26(a)(1)(B).