Legal Opinion
In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 7, 2001No. 21 MC 92(SAS)PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Over the last eleven months, plaintiffs have brought over 860 securities class actions against more than 200 companies and approximately 40 investment banks (“underwriters”) alleging, in the broadest terms, that these defendants violated federal law by manipulating the prices of stocks that the companies had issued to the public. Because the hundreds of complaints share some common issues, Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey ordered them consolidated for pretrial purposes and assigned the cases to this Court on August 9, 2001. See Order, In re Initial…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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